Russia's most prominent rights group Memorial said Tuesday the country's Supreme Court had rejected an appeal to delay its closure pending a decision from the European Court of Human Rights. 

"The court considers that the reasons for a delay must be truly exceptional and proportionate," Memorial said on Telegram.

It said the court argued that there

A Moscow court has sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine more years in prison on fresh charges of embezzlement and contempt of court, raising fears among allies that his life may be in danger in a remote colony after his near-fatal poisoning. 

Judge Margarita Kotova on Tuesday found Navalny guilty in a makeshift court inside the

Up to 170,000 Russian IT specialists could flee the country by the end of April, industry figures warned Russian lawmakers Tuesday. 

Between 50,000-70,000 have already left Russia, the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) estimates, in what the industry body is calling the “first wave” of a mass exodus of creative, ent

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would like the ongoing negotiations with Kyiv aimed at ending Russia's military action in Ukraine to have more substance.

"There is some kind of process happening. We would like more active and substantial (talks)," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Russia's position was "well-known to the Ukrainian