The co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group in Russia gets 30 months in jail for criticizing warOleg Orlov, a human rights advocate, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for discrediting the Russian army in an article condemning t...
27 Feb, 2024, 05.19 PM IST
Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiledProminent critics of Putin, including Navalny, Nemtsov, Politkovskaya, Kara-Murza, Yashin, Chanysheva, Fadeyeva, Khodorkovsky, and Kassyano...
17 Feb, 2024, 05.09 PM IST
Vladimir Putin prepares Russia for 'Forever War' as efforts to vilify the West continue"That Prigozhin rebelled was symptomatic of many social problems, but the way he advanced toward Moscow unhindered also demonstrated nervou...
07 Aug, 2023, 08.21 AM IST
Explainer: Who is Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza?Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on...
17 Apr, 2023, 02.52 PM IST
Russian opposition activist given 25-year prison sentenceVladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., a prominent opposition activist who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has been behind bars sinc...
17 Apr, 2023, 02.48 PM IST
Russia's former PM Mikhail Kasyanov says Vladimir Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two yearsRussia's former PM Mikhail Kasyanov, who championed close ties with the West as prime minister, said that, like many other Russians, he did...
13 Jun, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
When Nokia pulled out of Russia, a vast surveillance system remainedCalled the System for Operative Investigative Activities, or SORM, it is also most likely being employed at this moment as President Vladim...
28 Mar, 2022, 11.31 PM IST
Many Russians feel a deep unease over going to warMany Russians Feel a Deep Unease Over Going to War
24 Feb, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
India is streets ahead of US and Russia when it comes to renaming roadsLong before New Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road leapfrogged three centuries to become Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Road, the street on which the US consulat...
15 Feb, 2018, 11.11 PM IST
Ally of slain Russian politician takes on Kremlin in regional voteIlya Yashin, a prominent figure in the People's Freedom Party or PARNAS, was one of Nemtsov's closest friends and served as his campaign ma...
12 Sep, 2015, 01.34 PM IST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemns murder of Russian opposition leader Boris NemtsovThe UN chief wished to express his deepest condolences to Nemtsov's family, friends and supporters, the spokesperson said in a statement ye...
01 Mar, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
Barack Obama condemns murder of Russia's opposition leader Boris Nemtsov"Nemtsov was a tireless advocate for his country, seeking for his fellow Russian citizens the rights to which all people are entitled," Oba...
28 Feb, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Is Russian President Vladimir Putin the richest man on earth?I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership, I believe that is my greatest wealth, says Putin.
19 Sep, 2013, 01.17 AM IST
- 2011: A remarkable year that saw rise of the common man
The year gone by saw teeming masses of the ruled raise an angry fist at cruel despots, avaricious money-makers and indolent rulers.
01 Jan, 2012, 09.14 AM IST
- Will Russia's rich still back Vladmir Putin?
Vladmir Putin is not faced with a Jasmine revolution. His problem is foreign capital may lose interest in Russia's economy.
18 Dec, 2011, 02.31 AM IST
- Russia unveils package for crisis-hit auto industry
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled a lavish package on Friday to encourage Russians to buy only Russian-made vehicles, in a bid to help...
19 Dec, 2008, 11.20 PM IST