RUSSIA-KALININGRAD-POLICE-ARBITRARINESS KALININGRAD. April 7 (Interfax) – A criminal case of abuse of power and brutality by police officers has been launched in Kaliningrad region, the press service of …

USA-BOUT-SENTENCE-REACTION MOSCOW. April 7 (Interfax) – Russian Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years of jail in the United States has said that his trial showed “who is the …

RUSSIA-KALININGRAD-TEENAGERS-DETENTION KALININGRAD. April 7 (Interfax) – The police and regional investigative committee officers in Kaliningrad region have detained two 14-year-old girls who severely beat a disabled girl. The …

RUSSIA-GAY-PICKETER-RELEASE ST. PETERSBURG. April 7 (Interfax) – The police have released one of two detained participants in an LGBT picket in St. Petersburg, Sergei Kondrashov, local lesbian community …

RUSSIA-KARELIA-CONVICTS-INCIDENT MOSCOW. April 7 (Interfax) – Investigators are looking into a case of massive self-mutilation by inmates of corrective institution No. 9 in Karelia, the Investigative Committee of …

RUSSIA-NOVGOROD-COMMUNISTS-RALLY NIZHNY NOVGOROD. April 7 (Interfax) – Several dozen people took part in a Communist Party rally in Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday. “The event in Lenin Square lasted …

RUSSIA-NOVGOROD-COMMUNISTS-RALLY NIZHNY NOVGOROD. April 7 (Interfax) – Several dozen people took part in a Communist Party rally in Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday. “The event in Lenin Square lasted …

RUSSIA-MOSCOW-ENVIRONMENTALISTS-CAMP MOSCOW. April 7 (Interfax) – Defenders of the TsAGI forest near Zhukovsky in Moscow region have set up a tent in the forest to prevent the construction …

RUSSIA-GAZPROM-SHTOKMAN-2 GEOLOG, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district. April 7 (Interfax) – As much as 100% of gas from the first stage of developing the Shtokman gas field may be liquefied. …