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MOSCOW, June 27 (Reuters) - Russian police on Saturday detained more than 30 people, most of them women, who were staging separate one-person protests in central Moscow against charges of spreading pornography levelled against a prominent LGBT activist, a monitoring group said. One activist was also detained in St. Petersburg,…

The vote is taking place across seven days because of the pandemic. June 25, 2020, 3:43 PM7 min read Russians have begun voting in a seven day-long referendum on changes to Russia’s constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036. In January, Putin proposed a…

* Investors remain stubbornly upbeat about growth * MSCI’s EM stocks index touches highest level since March * South African rand pressured ahead of budget speech * Russian stock markets closed on Wednesday By Shreyashi Sanyal June 24 (Reuters) - Stocks in the developing world touched a 16-week high on…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments about the legitimacy of Russia’s borders in a documentary broadcast on Russian television have rattled some U.S. allies, fearful that he might be laying the groundwork for a further military incursion into Ukraine.In the documentary “Russia. Kremlin. Putin.”, which aired on June 21, the Russian…

Womp womp. Someone knows he's gonna lose, and lose bad. Tweeted Donald Trump on Monday, June 22: RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES! Some analysis from election-watchers below. Regarding foreign countries... 1) Trump…

By Margarita AntidzeTBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Saturday to protest against the government and Russia one year after the brutal dispersal of an anti-Kremlin demonstration.The protest was the first major gathering in the country since the coronavirus pandemic and organisers…

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout have been the top concern of people across the world and naturally this has affected ratings of governments and heads of state. In some places, those in power struggling with unpopularity have managed to gain public support. For example, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe…

Moscow (CNN)Russia has accused one of its leading Arctic researchers of treason, alleging that he gave sensitive information to China. This is the latest in a string of cases where high-profile Russian scientists have found themselves in a standoff with the security services over suspected foreign contacts.Investigators allege that Valery…

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the novel coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been…

MOSCOW, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the novel coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town…