8 month agoA State Department official tells @ABC that Paul Whelan's trial was "a mockery of justice" and says "We remain concerned for Paul's well-being and safety"
"We have a deep concern for Mr. Navalny's safety and security," adds @SecBlinken. "His voice is the voice of many, many Russians. It should be heard, not muzzled
Oleg Navalny is to be held in custody for 48 hours and is supposedly a suspect in a criminal case
Pussy Riot's Maria Alekhina has been detained. She says she wasn't allowed to use the toilet for eight hours
8 month agoSecurity officials have just finished a search in Lyubov Sobol's apartment and taken her away for interrogation
8 month agoAccording to RusVesna, this is the footage of the recent Russian airstrikes against hideouts and vehicles of ISIS in Badia desert, between Palmyra and Deir Ez-Zor, following the surge of Daesh attacks against Syrian Army in the area
Ilya Pakhomov detained outside Navalny's flat. Apparently police are searching for the person in control of Navalny's social media accounts
Turkish Ministry of Defense: "On Dec. 31, 2020, 12 [ISIS] militants were arrested at a checkpoint near the city of Rikhanli in the Turkish province of Hatay. five of the militants have Russian nationality, four from Uzbekistan and three from Kyrgyzstan"
The appointee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Greenfield: I will work to find common ground with Russia and China to pressure Iran to return to the nuclear agreement and comply with its provisions
Russia to fine social media for inciting minors to protest
According to Bellingcat and The Insider the FSB poisoning team that targeted Navalny has killed three people: human rights activist Timur Kaushev, activist Ruslan Magomedragimov and Novaya Rossiya movement leader Nikita Isayev
Search also happening at the home of Nikolay Kasyan, an aide to city councillor Yulia Galyamina, who was recently convicted for participating in protests
The United States should tighten sanctions if Russia does not leave Donbass in a year - Herbst
Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor will fine Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and YouTube for failing to remove calls to children for unauthorized actions on 23 January. In total, they did not delete 170 such calls on time, the department said.
8 month agoPolice arrived to search Navalny's FBK office in Moscow
Police searching "Navalny Live" studio
Navalny's coordinator in Tambov, Diana Rudakova, has been jailed for 15 days. "They can't jail everyone. And they can't force everyone to be silent. You know what to do. The main thing is not to be afraid and stand up for yourself," she says
Putin: The goals of American social media companies are different from societies
Putin: The extension of the New START missile institute with America is a step in the right direction
Roof collapsed at a military unit in Mozhaisk town of Moscow region. 5 servicemen injured
Russian FSB says that area around Idokopas cape was restricted due to increased reconnaissance nearby countries, including NATO-members. According to Navalny's investigation, the end beneficiary of the palace in area is Putin
8 month agoHere's the readout of today's @POTUS-Putin phone call
Putin submitted to the State Duma bill on the ratification an agreement on the extension of START-3 - State Duma base
White House: Biden raised concerns with Putin about the jailing of Navalny, Russian cyberespionage & bounties on US troops in Afghanistan. Kremlin: Putin talked with Biden about the Open Skies Treaty, the Iran nuclear deal & "internal Ukrainian solutions"
Russia says the US must lift sanctions against Tehran and comply with the Iran nuclear deal as a condition for the Islamic Republic to rejoin the accord
Confirmation from @PressSec now of the @POTUS call with Putin, also mentioning the topics of Ukraine sovereignty, placing of bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan and Russia interference in Election2020. "We'll have a readout for you, sometime this afternoon"
"The president continues to believe Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal for Europe," says @PressSec in response to a question from a Polish radio reporter, noting the pipeline project wasn't mentioned in the readout of the @POTUS-Merkel call
Russia's Investigations Committee says 20 criminal cases have been opened in connection with Saturday's protests
8 month agoAmûdê: Russian military patrol on the Amûdê-Qamishli road today
Russian Military Police threatened to use airstrikes against members of the Central Committee of the armed groups in southern Syria's Daraa if the Syrian government's demands to deport six anti-government leaders to Idlib were not complied with
Lavrov at meeting with Zarif in Moscow: If the Biden administration decides to return to the nuclear deal, we would welcome it
Lavrov at meeting with Zarif in Moscow: We hope to preserve the nuclear deal
Lavrov at meeting with Zarif in Moscow: We hope to preserve the joint work plan on the nuclear deal
Lavrov discussed with his Iranian counterpart the construction of new units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran
Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Moscow signed an intergovernmental agreement on information security
The Kremlin: Extending the START nuclear weapons agreement is in everyone's interest
8 month agoFormer Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, former Chief of Staff of the Government Sergei Prikhodko dies - Kommersant
Another employee of the Norilsk administration was detained in the case of an avalanche, as a result of which three people died. This is already the sixth person detained in this criminal case.
SOHR: 5 pro-Assad militiamen have been killed during combing operations in the desert searching for ISIS cells, while 13 ISIS fighters have died in Russian airstrikes
