US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and WhelanThe United States and Russia executed their major prisoner swap since the Soviet era, releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, a...
03 Aug, 2024, 04.08 PM IST
Turkey Intelligence mediates in major East-West prisoner swapIn an extensive prisoner swap, 26 individuals from several countries, including the US, Russia, and Germany, were released. Notable figures...
03 Aug, 2024, 04.07 PM IST
Over 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin's fiercest foeNavalny remained vocal in his unrelenting criticism of the Kremlin even after surviving a nerve agent poisoning and receiving multiple pris...
19 Feb, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
Russia to hold presidential vote in occupied UkraineThe Central Elections Commission said voting in March would go ahead in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson -- regions of Ukraine ov...
11 Dec, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich until end of JanuaryA court in Moscow decided to extend the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is facing espionage charges. The ex...
28 Nov, 2023, 01.32 PM IST
Russia to rule on detention of second US journalistA Russian court is set to decide whether to place a Russian-American journalist in pre-trial detention for allegedly failing to register as...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Russia takes steps to punish Google over YouTube 'fakes'Russia's communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including a ban on advertising the platfo...
07 Apr, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
Russia adopts bill on jail terms for fake news on state actions abroadThe bill, adopted after a third reading, sets out jail terms and fines against people who publish "knowingly false information" about actio...
22 Mar, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Russia arrests over 5,000 in single day for protesting Ukraine warRussia's last protests with a similar number of arrests were in January 2021, when thousands demanded the release of Kremlin critic Alexei ...
07 Mar, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
TikTok suspends livestreaming, new uploads in RussiaTikTok said it would suspend live-streaming and the uploading of videos to its platform in Russia as it reviews the implications of a new m...
07 Mar, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
Russia backs jail time for 'fake' army news, restricts mediaThe bill sets out jail terms of varying lengths and fines against people who publish "knowingly false information" about the military.
05 Mar, 2022, 01.15 AM IST
Russia to introduce jail terms for spreading 'fake' information about armyRussian officials have repeatedly said that false information has been spread by Russia's enemies such as the United States and its allies ...
04 Mar, 2022, 02.07 PM IST
Russia threatens Facebook with massive fineRussia’s media regulator has drawn up a new protocol to penalise the US social media giant for repeatedly failing “to remove information da...
05 Oct, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
Russia threatens to fine Apple, Google unless they remove Navalny app, Ifax reportsA Russian court declared the jailed opposition politician's movement extremist this summer in a crackdown ahead of parliamentary elections ...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Russia says 'no legal grounds' to release NavalnyNavalny, 44, was arrested and jailed after returning to Russia last month from Germany, where he spent months recovering from a poisoning a...
17 Feb, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
Russia: Ally of opposition leader Navalny vows to press for his freedom despite crackdownLawyer and politician Lyubov Sobol told a news conference that Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption and his team's regional offices...
27 Jan, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
Former RSS chief's letter junks Bose crash theoryThe letter was found on Tuesday, days after one by RSS' second sarsanghchalak M S Golwalkar was found among Gumnami's Baba's effects in the...
16 Mar, 2016, 12.30 PM IST