UK judge upholds request to withhold evidence in Russian spy death investigation
A senior judge for the Judiciary of England and Wales on Friday partially upheld a request by British Foreign Secretary William Hague to withhold certain information from the investigation into the 2006 death...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Russian officials to reform institutions to protect the rule of law in Russia. Pillay claimed that the Russian people do not trust government institutions,...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed into law a bill that will grant controversial new powers to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian Federation's successor to the...
Russia upper house approves bill expanding secret police powers
The Russian Federation Council on Monday approved legislation that will allow the country's secret police, the Federal Security Service (FSB) , to question citizens about their actions related to crimes that have not yet...
Russia lower house approves bill expanding secret police powers
The Russian State Duma on Friday voted 354 to 96 to approve legislation that would allow the country's secret police, the Federal Security Service (FSB) , to question citizens about their actions related to...
Russia president calls for amended terrorism laws in wake of subway bombings
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday proposed amending the country's terrorism legislation in the wake of Monday's twin suicide bombing attacks on Moscow subway stations. In...
Russia prosecutors charge WWII historian with violation of privacy laws
A Russian historian who was researching his country's treatment of German prisoners of war during World War II was charged on Thursday with violating privacy laws. Mikhail Suprun was in the process of conducting research on the hardships faced...
Proposed Russian bill paves the way for continued aggression against neighbors
David Satter : "The proposed law allowing Russian troops to intervene beyond Russia's borders is meant merely to provide legal cover for possible future Russian aggression. The law, which presumably will be adopted, declares as "legal" what...
Russia sponsored Litvinenko poisoning: UK intelligence officer
A UK intelligence official said Tuesday that there are "very strong indications" that the Russian government was behind the murder of former KGB agent and British citizen Alexander Litvinenko . The official made the comments...
Russia says UK not providing enough evidence to prosecute Lugovoy
Russia has not yet received any evidence from Britain with which to prosecute Andrei Lugovoy , the primary suspect in the November 2006 murder of British citizen and former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko [BBC...
