Perm residents to rally against officials using budget funds for vacation travel

23.07.2012 17:02   News dept

The residents of the city of Perm will hold a rally to protest against city officials going on vacation to the Italian island of Sicily paid from from the......

Domodedovo airport police chief fired for retroactively firing subordinate

20.07.2012 17:44   News Dept

Vassily Yaremchuk, head of police at Domodedovo airport, was fired because he fired his subordinate, praporschik (roughly equivalent to the post of ensign)......

Russian parliament to discuss independent prosecutor bill

17.07.2012 13:21   Ekaterina Vinokurova, edited by Karina Ayvazova

The Russian parliament has submitted a new bill which would create an institute of independent prosecutors. ...

Fabio Capello appointed Russia's football team manager

16.07.2012 16:09   Rustam Sharafutdinov, edited by Karina Ayvazova

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has appointed Fabio Capello Russia's new national manager. According to the Union's president, Nikita Simonyan, the......

Deputies want slander returned to Criminal Code

06.07.2012 16:57   News dept

United Russia party deputy Alexander Hinstein has submitted an amendment to bring back criminal penalties for slander....

Russia's Chief Ivestigator promises to file a case against opposition deputy

05.07.2012 16:13   News dept

The head of Russia's Investigative Committee (IC), Alexander Bastrykin, said on Thursday that the investigation would open a criminal suit against Vladimir......

Russian aviation bosses may miss Farnborough because of visa problems

04.07.2012 18:17   Alina Chernoivanova, Ekaterina Bryzgalova, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Some workers of the "Rosoboronexport" and "Irkut" corporations might miss the Farnborough Airshow planned for July 9-15 because they won't get their......

Supreme Court may allow self-defence against police

29.06.2012 17:33   Svetlana Bocharova, edited by Semyon Kvasha

The Russian Supreme Court wants to grant Russians the right to defend themselves against officials, including law enforcement officers. This right comes......

Russia's football head quits after failure at Euro-2012

26.06.2012 11:32   Sergey Demidov, Denis Rozov, edited by Karina Ayvazova

On Monday the President of the Russian Football Union, Sergey Fursenko, resigned. " I have taken the tough decision to step down as president of the......

Roizman's anti-drug centers searches, political pressure claimed

22.06.2012 19:50   Zhanna Ulyanova, Ekaterina Vinokurova, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Two rehab hospitals supported by "The city without drugs" fund were taken by storm and searched by police on Friday night, Fund Director Evgeniy Roizman......