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Ukraine extradites suspect in Putin murder plot
Ukraine on Saturday extradited one of the men suspected of plotting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, state-owned Channel One reported. Ilya Pyanzin, who was arrested in Odessa in February, had already been taken to Moscow, the channel said, showing him at Odessa airport and then aboard a plane in handcuffs.…
Russian court acquits Garry Kasparov of illegal protest
Chess king turned Kremlin foe Garry Kasparov was acquitted on Friday of holding an unsanctioned protest, although he still risks jail for allegedly biting a policeman during the Pussy Riot trial. In a surprise verdict, a magistrate acquitted Kasparov, saying his guilt had not been proven by police witnesses, the…
Pussy Riot protester questioned about biting police officer during sentencing
Former chess king turned Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov faced the threat of prison Monday after being questioned over claims that he bit a policeman at the sentencing of the Pussy Riot punk rockers. The bizarre but serious charge could put the 49-year-old behind bars for five years and deliver even…
Pussy Riot protesters rally in Chicago
Supporters of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot rallied in Chicago on Saturday to protest against the band members’ prison sentences. “These women are complete badasses,” one protester said into a microphone, wearing the band’s iconic colorful balaclavas. A Moscow judge has ruled that Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22,…
Arrests, breasts, chainsaws: Punk world backs Pussy Riot
A topless Ukrainian feminist felled a cross with a chainsaw, balaclava-clad New Yorkers braved arrest to picket an Orthodox church and Bulgarian punks re-decorated a war memorial. Protesters took to the streets in cities around the world Friday to protest Russia’s jailing of female punk trio Pussy Riot, in colorful…
Britain: Pussy Riot sentencing is a ‘disproportionate response’
Britain added its voice to the international chorus of criticism of Russia on Friday after a court jailed three members of punk band Pussy Riot for criticising President Vladimir Putin. Alistair Burt, a junior foreign minister, said he was deeply concerned by Russia’s “disproportionate response” to what he said had…
Protesters greet Madonna in Russia over her support of Pussy Riot
US pop icon Madonna found herself in hot water in Moscow on Tuesday after she waded intoRussia’s fiercest controversy by calling for the release of three women in the Pussy Riot protest punk band. The one-time “material girl” and current campaigner for human rights causes arrived in Moscow on Monday to open a new…
Russia hits anti-Putin blogger with embezzlement charges
Russian investigators on Tuesday charged popular protest leader Alexei Navalny with embezzlement in an old case that may put one of President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics in jail for 10 years. The Investigative Committee said in a statement that Navalny would also be barred from leaving Moscow during a…
Russian PM: Syria must decide its own future
Russia’s differences with the West on Syria are not as great as they appear, as both agree on the need to prevent civil war, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published Monday. Russia has repeatedly vetoed UN Security Council action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but…
Syria threatens to use chemical weapons against possible attack
Syria admitted Monday it has chemical weapons and warned of using them if attacked, though not against its own civilians, as regime troops reclaimed most of Damascus after a week of heavy clashes. Fighting was still raging in Syria’s second-biggest city of Aleppo, however, as rights activists reported violence across…
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