All Posts Tagged With: "Dmitri Medvedev"
Train Bombing Perpetrator Identified, Killed in Raid
The Russian Federal Security Service is saying that it has identified the perpetrator of a train bombing late last year that killed 26 people traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
Mar 6, 2010 | Continued
Rechnik: State Stole Documents to Legalize Homes
Embattled residents of the Moscow village of Rechnik are claiming that the government stole the documents necessary to legally register their houses, dozens of which have already been demolished per court order.
Feb 26, 2010 | Continued
Police Claim to Identify Estemirova’s Killer
Law enforcement agents are claiming that they have solved last summer’s scandalous murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, but the activist’s colleagues are already refuting the announcement.
Feb 25, 2010 | Continued
Russian Security Forces Accused of Using Slave Labor
The New Times magazine is being sued by the Russian Internal Ministry for an article accusing an elite division of the OMON security forces of using unpaid migrant workers as slaves.
Feb 22, 2010 | Continued
Russia Won’t Support “Crippling Sanctions” on Iran
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says that Russia would not support “crippling sanctions” on Iran, despite statements earlier this week from the ministry expressing readiness for a new round of sanctions.
Feb 20, 2010 | Continued
Russian Cop Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder
A former Russian police major has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering two and injuring 22 other people in a Moscow supermarket last April.
Feb 19, 2010 | Continued
EC: Russian Modernization Requires ‘Supremacy of Law’
A report from the European Commission outlining a path for Russian modernization cites “the supremacy of law” as a necessary first step, which Kremlin bureaucrats are dismissing in favor of an “application-oriented” approach.
Feb 12, 2010 | Continued
Charges Filed Against Police for Beating Composer
In yet another high-profile scandal involving Russia’s police forces, criminal proceedings are finally being filed a week after a music professor in Yekaterinburg was brutally beaten and robbed by police.
Feb 10, 2010 | Continued
Medvedev Confirms Revamped Military Doctrine
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has officially confirmed the country’s new military doctrine, which will now allow Russia to conduct a pre-emptive nuclear strike.
Feb 5, 2010 | Continued
Institute Cites “Inertia and Decay” in Russian Government and Economy
A new report from the Institute for Contemporary Development criticizes Russia’s government and economy for its “inertia and decay,” but was met by a muted response from opposition groups.
Feb 4, 2010 | Continued