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Top Russian officials have rejected accusations that Moscow violated an arms control treaty by deploying cruise missiles, saying that the people spreading the rumors were targeting the possible thaw in Russia-US relations.
- Russian rights council to seek permission for prison inspections
The chairman of the Presidential Human Rights Council says he and his colleagues intend to ask the parliament to change the law so that activists can inspect prisons and penal colonies, and look into complaints of violations. - Putin period is best country’s had in 100 years, according to 1 in 3 Russians
Thirty-two percent of Russians think the period beginning with Vladimir Putin’s first presidency is the best their country has enjoyed in a century, according to a poll conducted to mark the centenary of the Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution of 1917. - Russian lawmakers blame US ‘paranoia’ for Michael Flynn’s resignation
Several senior Russian MPs have denied that Russia played any role in the recent resignation of US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, saying that the scandal was a provocation targeting Russia-US relations. - Lawmaker seeks criminalization of suicide assistance
A Russian MP has called for stronger punishment for people who assist those contemplating suicide by providing advice, including on the internet, as well as people who remove obstacles preventing others from taking their own lives.
- Russian rights council to seek permission for prison inspectionsThe chairman of the Presidential Human Rights Council says he and his colleagues intend to ask the parliament to change the law so that activists can inspect prisons and penal colonies, and look into complaints of violations.
- ‘Information war’: Kremlin dismisses accusations of missile treaty violationsTop Russian officials have rejected accusations that Moscow violated an arms control treaty by deploying cruise missiles, saying that the people spreading the rumors were targeting the possible thaw in Russia-US relations.
- Russian lawmakers blame US ‘paranoia’ for Michael Flynn’s resignationSeveral senior Russian MPs have denied that Russia played any role in the recent resignation of US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, saying that the scandal was a provocation targeting Russia-US relations.
- Putin period is best country’s had in 100 years, according to 1 in 3 RussiansThirty-two percent of Russians think the period beginning with Vladimir Putin’s first presidency is the best their country has enjoyed in a century, according to a poll conducted to mark the centenary of the Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution of 1917.
- Lawmaker seeks criminalization of suicide assistanceA Russian MP has called for stronger punishment for people who assist those contemplating suicide by providing advice, including on the internet, as well as people who remove obstacles preventing others from taking their own lives.
- United opposition movement intends to back Navalny at forthcoming presidential polls
A Russian union of several opposition organizations called Solidarity has decided to join the campaign to register anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny as a candidate at 2018 presidential elections. - Constitutional Court orders retrial in Russian protester’s case
Russia’s Constitutional Court on Friday ordered a retrial in the case of a citizen sentenced to prison for repeatedly violating rules governing street rallies and activities. It also ruled that the norm prosecuting such repeated violations was lawful. - No return to PACE before restrictions are lifted – Russian Duma chief
Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian State Duma, says that lawmakers will not work with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) until it lifts the ban preventing them from voting on resolutions and even discussing problems. - Opposition figure Kara-Murza out of coma, father denies allegations of poisoning
The coordinator of the Open Russia opposition group, Vladimir Kara-Murza, is out of a coma, according to his lawyer. Earlier, Kara-Murza’s father doubted reports his son had been poisoned, blaming his grave condition on stress and past illness. - Duma committee wants Russian lawmakers to withdraw ‘obsolete’ bills
A parliamentary working group set up to improve the quality of legislative work has announced it will ask State Duma deputies to withdraw all obsolete bills in hopes of cutting the amount of work in half. - Russian opinions on death penalty split evenly, poll shows
Just over 40 percent of Russians have told researchers that they wanted the moratorium on death penalty lifted and an equal share of respondents have said that they wanted it to remain in place. - Snowden’s Russian lawyer hopes for clemency from Trump
Edward Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has said that he and his client hope that Donald Trump will soon drop the case against the NSA whistleblower and allow him to return home.
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- Patriarch Kirill: Churches in Russia, UK served as bridge between our countries for centuriesThe Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill, has delivered a speech in London’s Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints in a four-day visit to the UK to mark the 300th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church’s presence there.
- ‘TTIP is non-transparent, protectionist deal’: Putin interview ahead of India visitAhead of his visit to India, President Vladimir Putin talked to Rossiya Segodnya and IANS news agencies on the ties between the two nations and their work within the BRICS group. He admitted the world still feels the past global financial crisis, but said that protectionist projects such as TTIP are “unfortunate.”
- ‘Shanghai Cooperation Organization expands, commands respect worldwide’ – Putin to XinhuaRussian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the expansion of the Shanghai Security Organization in an interview with Xinhua, noting that the association is gaining relevance outside the region and inspiring respect worldwide.
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