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Diplomat Andrei Kelin alleges he has evidence of UK special forces participation in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russias Black Sea fleet, which he claims to have passed on to his UK counterpart.

Slowly, purposefully, on a quiet fall afternoon in Moscow’s Donskoye cemetery, several dozen Russians came forward to read the names of people mu

Memorial typically conducts a marathon reading of the names, ages, professions and dates of death of those killed under Stalin, but it had to find other ways to honor the victims after the authorities banned it.

The decision by the Norwegian judges has been met with a frosty reception in all three former Soviet states Read Full Article at RT.com

A Moscow court yesterday heard a case against Memorial International’s Human Rights Center, a day after the Russian Supreme Court outlawed the main organization of the human rights group. The ruling against Memorial International on Tuesday sparked an international outcry, with the US, France and the Council of Europe condemning its “liquidation.” Founded in 1989 by Soviet dissidents, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, Memorial is Russia’s most prominent rights organiz...

The dissolution of Memorial, Russia's most renowned human rights organization, is a turning point. President Vladimir Putin is preparing his country for darker times, DW's Roman Goncharenko writes.

Every Oct. 29, activists read the names, ages and professions of those who died in Stalin’s purges in the 1930s.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday the United States was "deeply troubled" by Russia's growing intolerance of free speech, on the sixth anniversary of opposition politician Boris

World Union of Old Believers backs idea to place Ivan III monument on Moscows Lubyanka Square MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - The World Union of Old Believers has announced its support for an initiative to erect a monument to Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan III (1440-1505) on Lubyanka Square in the center of Moscow, where a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret police, used to stand in Soviet times. "Ivan III is the first ruler of our state who combined Russian, Byzantine, and W...