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☆ Four Detained Gunmen Are Not Russian Citizens, Says Interior Ministry
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The four suspected gunmen detained after a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow are all foreign citizens, Russia's interior ministry said on Saturday. Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out the shooting massacre and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack.

Persons: Vladimir Putin Locations: MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

☆ Lawyer for Russian Dissident Navalny Put on Wanted List - RIA
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - Russia's interior ministry has put a lawyer for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on its wanted list after charging her in absentia with extremism, the RIA news agency reportedThe lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, said last month she had already left Russia at the time when the charges were announced. Three other Navalny lawyers were arrested in October on suspicion of belonging to an "extremist group". Navalny's supporters say the authorities are going after his lawyers in order to deepen his isolation in jail, where he is serving sentences totalling more than 30 years. Navalny himself was moved to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle located in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region about 1,900 km (1200 miles) northeast of Moscow. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by John Davison and Christina Fincher)

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Olga Mikhailova, Navalny's, Navalny, John Davison, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters Locations: Russia, Kharp, Moscow

☆ Russia plans to force foreigners to sign a 'loyalty agreement' before they can enter the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia plans to make foreigners entering the country sign a "loyalty agreement." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRussia is planning to quell criticism of Vladimir Putin's regime by forcing foreigners entering the country to sign a "loyalty agreement," TASS state news agency reported on Wednesday. The intent of the draft bill is to protect "Russian national interests," TASS reported, citing the document. AdvertisementThe draft bill, which is expected to be sent to Russia's parliament soon, comes months ahead of Russia's presidential election in March.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin's, Putin Organizations: TASS, Service, Business Insider Locations: Russia, Russian

People, including Russian law enforcement officers, walk near St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower, as a pigeon flies over Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023. It was not clear from Russian media reports which foreigners the draft legislation - if it becomes law - would apply to or what the punishment would be for not adhering to the "agreement" which foreigners would have to sign upon entry to Russia. The chairman of the Duma's CIS Affairs Committee said that the draft law was well advanced and was being worked on by the interior ministry, the government, the presidential administration as well as his committee. "The draft law on the so-called 'loyalty agreement' with migrants entering the Russian Federation is in a high degree of readiness," Leonid Kalashnikov told Interfax.

Persons: Evgenia, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Leonid Kalashnikov, Kalashnikov, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, TASS, Russian Federation, Fatherland, Nazi, Opposition, State Duma, Duma's CIS, Committee, Thomson Locations: St, Basil's, Moscow, Russia, MOSCOW, Ukraine, Soviet, Berlin, Europe, Melbourne

☆ Telegram to ban channels that called for anti-Semitic riots in Russia's Dagestan - founder
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Telegram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The popular messaging platform Telegram will block channels that called for anti-Semitic violence in Russia's Dagestan region, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Monday. "Channels calling for violence will be blocked for violating the rules of Telegram, Google, Apple and the entire civilised world," Durov wrote on his own Telegram channel. Durov posted a screenshot from "Utro Dagestan" (Morning Dagestan), a channel that contained threats to the tiny community of Jews living in Dagestan. Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Pavel Durov, Durov, Kevin Liffey Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Google, Apple, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dagestan, Russia's, Dagestan's, Makhachkala, Israel

☆ Kremlin: Dagestan airport violence result of 'outside influence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People walk as Pro-Palestinian protesters storm an airport building, in Makhachkala, Russia, October 29, 2023, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters. Video Obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the storming of an airport in the capital of the southern Russian region of Dagestan by an anti-Israeli mob on Sunday was the result of "outside influence". In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "It is well known and obvious that yesterday's events around Makhachkala airport are largely the result of outside interference, including information influence." He did not specify who the Kremlin believed had engineered the violence, or why. Russia's interior ministry said on Monday that 60 people had been arrested after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed the airport in Makhachkala on Sunday, shortly after a plane from Israel arrived.

Persons: Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Felix Light, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Makhachkala, Russia, Russian, Dagestan, Gaza, Israel

☆ A Kremlin propagandist faced backlash from Siberian officials after saying Russia should detonate a nuke in its own territory
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Kremlin propagandist suggested Moscow should drop a nuclear bomb over Siberia, reports said. A nuclear bombing over Siberia would send a "painful" message to the West, Simonyan reportedly said. A nuclear bombing over Siberia would send a "painful" message to the West, Simonyan said, according to a translation by The Moscow Times. Nikolai Korolev, an aide to Moscow City Duma deputy Evgeniy Stupin, petitioned Russia's Interior Ministry and Investigative Committee to probe Simonyan's comments, according to the news outlet. AdvertisementAdvertisementSimonyan wrote in a message on Telegram that she did not call for a nuclear strike on Siberia, Russian news outlet Meduza reported.

Persons: Margarita Simonyan, Simonyan, —, Vladimir Putin's, …, Julia Davis, Maria Prusakova, Anatoly Lokot, Simonyan's, Nikolai Korolev, Evgeniy Stupin, Dmitry Peskov, Davis Organizations: Service, US State Department, Moscow Times, Russian Media Monitor, Communist Party, State Duma, Moscow, Duma, Russia's Interior Ministry, Committee Locations: Moscow, Siberia, Ukraine, Russian, State, Siberia's Altai, Siberian, Novosibirsk

☆ Insight: Young Russian lawyers step up to defend anti-war protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Lucy Papachristou | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

"I have always had a keen sense of justice," Gominova told a Reuters reporter based in Poland. "Defending protesters in court is my version of protest," said Gominova, who began representing anti-war activists in court almost immediately after the invasion. With numerous civil society groups disbanded by the state, many other lawyers also defend anti-war activists independently, but it is hard to determine how many. Several Russian lawyers have attracted the attention – and condemnation – of authorities, not only for defending critics of the invasion but also for expressing their own opposition. Before the Ukraine conflict, Gominova, in St Petersburg, worked mainly on civil cases ranging from family disputes to consumer rights.

Persons: Young, acquittals, Sofia Gominova, Gominova, Violetta Fitsner, Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Russia's, Evgenia Kara, Vladimir, Vadim Prokhorov –, Putin –, Prokhorov, Dmitry Talantov, Ivan Safronov, Maria Bontsler, Anastasia Rudenko, George Orwell's, Yuri Mikhailov, Mikhailov, Filipp Lebedev, Gabrielle Tetrault, Farber, Mike Collett, White, Mark Trevelyan, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Russia, Ukraine Lawyers, Petersburg Bar Association, Moscow Bar, Russia's, Ministry, Russian Federation, Reuters, U.S, of America, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, acquittals Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, Poland, St . Petersburg, St, Petersburg, Moscow, Ivanovo, Russian, St Petersburg, Tbilisi, Geneva

☆ Fact Check-Longer video shows Lindsay Graham did not call Russians dying ‘the best money we’ve ever spent’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage of Lindsey Graham in Kyiv shows the Republican Senator did not say the best money the U.S. had ever spent had gone towards “Russians dying.” A video shared by the Ukrainian president’s office was cropped in a way that jumps from one phrase to another. A longer clip shows the two remarks were made at different moments of the conversation. During the meeting, Zelenskiy thanked Graham for visiting Kyiv and praised the military assistance provided. Graham said this was “the best money we’ve ever spent.”Then, Graham said Ukrainians resisting the invasion reminded him of “our better selves in America. “And we will be.”Graham replied: “And the Russians are dying.”The U.S. senator received criticism from Moscow after the cropped video went viral.

Persons: Lindsey Graham, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, “, ”, we've, we’ve, Zelenskiy, Graham, ” Zelenskiy, ” Graham, Dmitry Medvedev Organizations: Kyiv, Russian Security Locations: Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, America, U.S, Moscow, Russia

☆ Fact Check-Longer video shows Lindsey Graham did not call Russians dying ‘the best money we’ve ever spent’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Persons: Lindsey Graham, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, “, ”, we've, we’ve, Zelenskiy, Graham, ” Zelenskiy, ” Graham, Dmitry Medvedev, Read Organizations: Kyiv, Russian Security, Reuters Locations: Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, America, U.S, Moscow, Russia

☆ Russia puts U.S. Senator Graham on wanted list - Russian media
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during an interview with media, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 26, 2023. Senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list, Russian media reported on Monday, citing the ministry's database. After Russia criticised the remarks, Ukraine released a full video of the meeting which showed the two remarks were not linked. Graham disputed Russian criticism of his support for Ukraine on Sunday, saying he had simply praised the spirit of Ukrainians in resisting a Russian invasion with assistance provided by Washington. A South Carolina Republican known for his hawkish foreign policy views, Graham has been an outspoken champion of increased military support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia.

☆ Bulgaria summons Russian envoy over Bellingcat journalist Grozev
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SOFIA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's foreign ministry said it would summon on Thursday the Russian ambassador to Sofia "for explanations" after Moscow put Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian citizen and the executive director of investigative news outlet Bellingcat, on a wanted list. Grozev, Bellingcat's chief investigator on Russia, is "wanted under an article of the Criminal Code," according to information published on Russia's interior ministry website earlier this week. "The Russian ambassador will be summoned for explanations," a foreign ministry spokesperson said, after leading Bulgarian political parties called for official support for Grozev. Grozev "focuses on security threats, extraterritorial clandestine operations, and the weaponisation of information" according to Bellingcat's website. Grozev said he has been offered help by the Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia and Austria, where he has been living in recent years.

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