It's Friday night in Moscow, and popular bars and restaurants in the city center are packed. No one except the staff is wearing a mask or bothers to keep their distance. There is little indication at all that Russia is being swept by a ...
Hundreds protest in Moscow against reforms that may keep Putin in power
Dozens of people were arrested at a protest in Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional reforms that give President Vladimir Putin the option to remain in power for another 16 years, witnesses and a monitoring group said. About 500 demonstrators, many of whom wore face masks ...
President for life? Russians grant Putin right to extend rule until 2036
Russians opened the door to Vladimir Putin staying in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for constitutional changes that will allow him to run again for president twice, but critics said the outcome was falsified on an industrial scale. Official results, after 98 percent of ...
Moscow starts building road over radioactive dump despite protests
Moscow authorities on Wednesday began work on building a highway over a Soviet-era dump of radioactive materials, despite months of public protests and warnings from environmental campaigners. Greenpeace and other activists have long campaigned against the project to build an eight-lane highway over the top ...
Moscow winter 'warmest since records began,' weather service says
Moscow, which for the past months has largely been deprived of its traditional seasonal covering of snow, has seen its warmest winter since records began, the state weather service said on Saturday. The head of Russia's forecasting center Roman Vilfand told the TASS news agency ...
Moscow meltdown: Russian capital has warmest January as experts point to global warming
Inured to interminable winters, Muscovites have been stunned this year by spring-like temperatures and virtually snow-free sidewalks after the Russian capital recorded its warmest January in history. It is the first time that Moscow's average temperature in January has hovered around zero degrees Celsius (32 ...
Russian authorities use power tools to raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Moscow office
Russian authorities raided the Moscow headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday, using power tools to gain entry before dragging Navalny out by force and confiscating technical equipment such as laptops. Navalny and his allies said the raid on his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) was ...
Gunman kills one and wounds five outside Russian FSB security headquarters
Russian media on Friday said a man who had opened fire near the headquarters of the security service in central Moscow, killing one and wounding five, was a 39-year-old from a nearby town. There has been no official confirmation of the identity of the attacker ...
'This is not our winter': Moscow temperatures hit 133-year high
Residents of Moscow are wondering where winter has gone as the highest December temperatures in 133 years deprive the Russian capital of its customary covering of snow. "This is not our winter," said pensioner Ludmila Biryukova. "It came from somewhere else." At a time when snow ...
Russia says Facebook and Google distributed political ads on election day
Russian state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said tech giants Google and Facebook had allowed political advertising during Sunday's regional elections despite being asked to ban such publicity. "Such actions can be seen as interference in Russia's sovereign affairs and hindering the conduct of democratic elections in ...
Viral clip of Russian policeman punching female protester stirs anger
Video footage of a Russian police officer punching a young woman in the stomach has stirred anger among many Russians who believe the authorities have used excessive force to disperse weeks of political demonstrations in Moscow. The clip, filmed on Saturday and later circulated online ...
Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting tow truck in Moscow
A Tesla electric car caught fire after crashing into a tow truck on a Moscow expressway late Saturday. Footage of the incident on state TV channel Rossiya 24 showed the car by the side of the road engulfed in flames and thick black smoke. Two ...
