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Obama signs Russian human rights law, angers Putin
President Barack Obama Friday signed legislation that sanctions alleged Russian human rights abuses, which outraged Moscow after being coupled with a bill granting it normal trade relations. Obama signed the measure into law a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the so-called Magnitsky Act, which blacklists Russian officials allegedly…
Putin, Merkel seek to soothe Germany-Russia tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday with the two sides seeking to soothe tensions over Berlin’s recent criticism of the Russian record on rights. On the eve of the visit, German lawmakers from Merkel’s coalition urged the government to push for more democracy in Russia…
Vladimir Putin fires Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov in corruption scandal
Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday fired defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov over a corruption scandal, the most dramatic change to the government since he returned to the Kremlin for a third term. Putin replaced Serdyukov, who had been implementing an unpopular but Kremlin-backed military reform, with Moscow region governor and long-standing…
Howard Kurtz: How can Romney face Putin if he’s afraid of Whoopi?
After Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign announced on Monday that the candidate had canceled his Thursday appearance on ABC’s The View, media critic Howard Kurtz wondered how the former Massachusetts governor could stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin if he couldn’t even take questions from Whoopi Goldberg. “Governor…
Putin’s stunt to encourage bird migration fails spectacularly as public learns birds taken back to reserve by plane
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bid to encourage a group of endangered cranes on their winter migration appeared to have failed spectacularly Wednesday when it emerged the birds had been taken back to a wildlife reserve by plane. The 60-year-old president already earned mockery last month when he took to a…
Report: Putin hails Pussy Riot jail terms
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the two-year jail sentences against three members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot for staging a performance protesting his rule, according to a report Sunday. “It was right to arrest them, and it was right that the court took the decision that it did,” Putin…
Billionaire Russian politician delays launch of country’s first hybrid vehicle
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s auto division announced Monday it was delaying until late 2014 this year’s planned launch of the petrol-guzzling country’s first hybrid vehicle. But it also insisted the “Yo Mobile” was never meant to be a publicity stunt to win the politically ambitious tycoon votes in this spring’s…
Putin’s top Russian parliament foe faces expulsion
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal and influential parliamentary critics said Saturday that prosecutors had asked lawmakers to expel him so that he could be charged with business crimes. Gennady Gudkov of the leftist A Just Russia party said he had received a copy of a letter the…
Pussy Riot releases new single after being sentenced
Pussy Riot will not go to jail quietly. Hours after being sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism, the Russian punk band released a new single, “Putin Lights The Fires,” which has intensified the international criticism of both the verdict and Russian President Vladimir Putin. And, perhaps most importantly…
Putin suggests leniency for Pussy Riot punk band protesters
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he did not favour a tough punishment in the trial of an all-girl punk band which performed a song against his rule in Moscow’s biggest church. “There is nothing good in what they did,” news agencies quoted Putin as saying about the…
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