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Russia is seeking the extradition from Thailand of a businessman and lawmaker accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of...

A court in the United States convicted the son of a Russian lawmaker on Thursday for hacking attacks that stole nearly 1.7...

A court in Russia sentenced the former mayor of the city of Yaroslavl - an opposition figure who had styled himself as an...

Russia’s Federation Council unanimously voted to reappoint Prosecutor General Yury Chaika for another five-year term, in the...

Swiss authorities have reportedly frozen up to 60 million francs (US$ 61 million) held in bank accounts belonging to Yelena...

France and Belgium have moved to seize Russian state assets in connection with the Yukos shareholders’ case against the...

On March 1, 30 masked gunmen in military fatigues broke into the Crimean Center for Investigative Journalism in Simferopol,...

Extending the reach of the 2012 Magnitsky Act, US Senators have introduced a new bill that aims to block human rights...

Russian law enforcement seized US$46 million of Afghan heroin in a series of raids, authorities announced on Wednesday. RIA...

The mayor of southern Russian city was arrested Thursday for extorting bribes from businessmen who sought to lease...

Former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzkov has been summoned for questioning about a 13 billion ruble ($444 million) loan from the Bank...

A bloody uprising last week toppled the government in Kyrgyzstan, and opposition leaders have formed an interim government...