A Russian court in Siberia has handed a six-year prison term to a Jehovah's Witness amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group, which has been banned in the country since 2017.
A Moscow court has rejected the appeals of three men allegedly linked to the ransomware group REvil who were seeking to be released from pretrial detention.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are due to talk by phone on February 2 amid a flurry of diplomacy meant to try to ease tensions over Moscow's troop build-up at the border with Ukraine that have raised fears of a possible invasion.
The United States will send about 3,000 troops to Poland, Romania, and Germany this week as Washington bolsters allies in Europe amid Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, the Pentagon says.
Russia has banned a Montenegrin government official from entering the country in response to Podgorica granting political asylum to a Russian businessman, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website.