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11.01.2009, 11:46

Record compensation for Chechen war victims

The European Court on Human Rights has ruled that Russia must pay record compensation of almost 680,000 euros to relatives of Chechen residents who disappeared during the war in 2002.

05.02.2009, 06:34

Former Chechen top official killed in Moscow

The former vice-mayor of the Chechen capital, Grozny, has been shot dead near the entrance of his Moscow residence. Gilani Shepiev was shot in the head three times.

A South Ossetian woman walks past ruined houses (AFP Photo / Andrei Smirnov) 03.02.2009, 12:49

Hope returns as South Ossetians rebuild

It’s almost six months since a devastating war shattered South Ossetia. But the new republic is bouncing back, restoring its shelled housing and healing its psychological wounds.

RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko, STF 30.03.2010, 02:04 20 comments

Law enforcers pursue possible causes of Moscow bombings

The death toll from the bomb attacks on two Moscow underground stations has reached 39 people. More than 70 others were injured in the explosions during the crowded morning rush hour.

15.05.2009, 17:20 26 comments

Russia lashes out at Finland over kidnapping

Moscow has filed a formal complaint to Helsinki after Finland's consulate general in St. Petersburg helped a Finnish citizen take his son out of Russia against both the will of his Russian mother and the law.

30.11.2009, 18:41 32 comments

New Polish law equates Communist and Nazi symbols

Europe has long been condemning the communist regime, but none of the countries has gone as far as Poland, where a law was signed allowing people to be fined or imprisoned for keeping and buying communist symbols.

Vasily Kononov 23.05.2010, 12:37 20 comments

Russia protests Strasbourg court decision against Soviet WWII veteran

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered its verdict in the case of Vasily Kononov against Latvia in favor of the latter.

RIA Novosti / Tatiana Sviridenko, STR 26.07.2010, 00:02 18 comments

Two militants allegedly behind blasts at hydropower plant killed - police

Police say the have killed two militants who allegedly staged the attack at the Baksan hydropower station in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in which two people were killed and two more injured.

RIA Novosti / Newsteam 11.09.2010, 23:05 9 comments

Bomb rocks Russia’s south

Seventeen people have been killed and nearly 180 injured as a powerful car bomb attack hit the central market in the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic of North Ossetia.

Thailand, Bangkok: Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout talks to reporters as he stands in a temporary cell ahead of a hearing at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 20, 2010. (AFP Photo / Christophe Archambault) 20.08.2010, 15:23 13 comments

Thai court orders extradition of suspected Russian arms baron to US

The Appeals Court of Thailand on Friday has ruled that Russian businessman Viktor Bout must be extradited to the United States to stand trial over charges of conspiracy to sell weapons.

Russia fined over rights abuses

Published: 05 February, 2009, 20:38


AFP Photo / Olivier Morin

Russia has been fined 300,000 euros by the European Court of Human Rights on three counts, including torture and violating the right to life.

 
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