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Actor Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II
French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent is what Russia needs as a leader. Depardieu is preparing to shoot a new film in Moscow and the Chechen capital Grozny — a…
Netanyahu to meet Putin amid reports of missile sales to Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, officials said Saturday, amid concerns Moscow may be about to deliver advanced missiles to Syria. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the visit to AFP, but declined to give details, although he told the Interfax news agency…
Court denies parole to Pussy Riot punk
A Russian court ruled to keep Pussy Riot punk Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in jail on Friday, denying her request for parole from her two-year sentence for the band’s performance against President Vladimir Putin last year. Judge Lidiya Yakovleva sided with prison officials, who said that 23-year-old Tolokonnikova does not deserve parole…
Kremlin warns U.S. against publishing blacklist of Russian human rights violators
The Kremlin warned Washington on Friday against publishing a list of Russian officials barred from entering the United States because of their alleged abuse of human rights. Russian media reports said the dozens of names included on the so-called “Magnitsky Act” — named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died…
New space race: Putin unveils $50 billion drive for Russian supremacy
President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to space by the end of the decade. Fifty-two years to the day since Yuri…
Putin critic and opposition leader: I’m ready for prison
Charismatic Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who goes on trial in just over one week, said Monday that he was mentally prepared for a prison sentence and had even packed a bag of clothes to take to jail. In an interview published in opposition New Times weekly, Navalny said that…
Putin welcomes China’s Xi for landmark talks
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s new leader Xi Jinping are to hold landmark talks on Friday in the hope of further cementing the two countries’ partnership with a range of economic and strategic agreements. The Chinese leader chose Russia for his first trip abroad after China this month completed…
Bloggers expose lavish lifestyles of Putin loyalists
Bloggers who oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin are targeting top lawmakers loyal to the Kremlin with scandalous revelations about their luxury apartments and jet-setting lifestyles which run counter to their patriotic rhetoric. Recent exposes have focused on the most outspoken lawmakers from the ruling United Russia party who have voted…
Bandmate: Russia could release jailed Pussy Riot members early
Freed Pussy Riot punk Yekaterina Samutsevich vowed to pursue every legal route to free her jailed bandmates, saying there was still a chance the Russian authorities could free the two women early. “The main task is to get Nadya and Masha out,” Samutsevich told AFP in an interview, using the…
Russian court cancels two formal reprimands against jailed Pussy Riot member
A Russian court ordered the cancellation Friday of two formal reprimands against a jailed Pussy Riot member, in a move her supporters hailed as a rare victory for the embattled punk band. Maria Alyokhina, who is serving a two-year sentence in a prison camp over a protest against President Vladimir…
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