Anti-Putin Protests

Aleksandr Dolgopolov A young Russian comedian has fled the country after learning of a police probe into jokes from one of his stand-up shows, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. The comedian, 25-year-old Alexander Dolgopolov, will not return to Russia until “…

As many heads of state skipped WEF-2020, most discussions focused on business and the economy. But Wednesdays panel meeting on Russia turned into a heated debate, with its participants arguing about bias and outdated stereotypes. Relations between Moscow and …

It has been said that all roads lead to Vladimir Putin, but what road did Putin take to get there? It was paved in part by men like Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the title subject of Alex Gibneys thoughtful, thorough, and disturbing documentary Citizen K, which opens…

Security officers have arrested four individuals at the Yakutsk home of Alexander Gabyshev, the shaman who has begun walking across Russia on two different occasions in hopes of banishing the evil spirit of Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin. Open Russia’s Human Rights Project coordinator Alexey Pryanishnikov told MBK Media that…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Over 1,000 people marched through Moscow on Sunday in an event a Kremlin critic tried to turn into a protest against a constitutional shake-up by President Vladimir Putin, but many demonstrators chose to voice dissent about other issues ins…

Russian President Vladimir Putin's government reshuffle is merely a way for him to extend his control of the country beyond 2024when term limits prevent him becoming president againaccording to chess champion and pro-democracy activist Garry Kasparov. Kaspar…

Updated January 16, 2020 14:11:09 Twenty years into his tenure at the summit of Russian politics, Vladimir Putin is planning his next move — and unfortunately for a group of senior politicians, it means they've got to look for a new job.The Russian constitution, adopted on Christmas Day 1993, was…

When the collective republics of the Soviet Union began their conscious uncoupling in the early 1990s, many Russians saw the collapse as a bold new step toward freedom and democracy. Mikhail Khodorkovsky saw cash. The future billionaire had grown up with drea…

This Week’s Highlights A Russian missile system was used to down the Ukrainian passenger plane in Tehran — we talk to one of its creators. Plus, environmental activism in northern Russia inspires anti-landfill protesters in the South, high-profile cases shed…

Last weekend, Donald Trump offered Iran some sage, if obvious, advice: Do not kill your protesters. The warning came amid ongoing demonstrations in Iran following the country’s admission that it had mistakenly struck down a Ukrainian airliner, killing all 176…