MOSCOW -- The mother of a whistleblowing Russian lawyer who died in prison made an emotional appeal Tuesday for a new inquiry into his death while testifying against a former prison doctor. Struggling to keep her composure, Natalya Magnitskaya – whose...

L'opposant russe Alexeï Navalny a été inculpé, mardi 31 juillet, d'abus de confiance et de détournement de biens "à grande échelle" dans une affaire remontant à 2009, et assigné à résidence à Moscou, a annoncé la commission fédérale d'investigation. Ce...

MOSCOW — The event seemed mundane enough: a televised meeting between Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, and the country’s cultural elite to promote a charity concert for children with cancer. But then a guest, Yuri Shevchuk, a rock star and...