The purchasing director of Russia’s nationalized pasta manufacturer Makfa was arrested on suspicion of bribery, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing anonymous law enforcement sources.

Vladlen Parshin was detained in the Chelyabinsk region, according to Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti. No further details about the case were disclosed,

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Numerous people were jailed in cities throughout Russia as they commemorated the late opposition figure Boris Nemtsov on Thursday, the 10th anniversary of his assassination near the Kremlin.In Moscow, a heavy cops existence and document checks were reported at the makeshift memorial on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, where Nemtsov was gunned

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Majority of Russians think the continuous war in Ukraine has negatively affected their daily lives, according to a new study by the independent research study job Chronicles.The survey, performed in February 2025, stated that 54% of respondents reported negative results from the conflict, while only 9% said it had actually improved their lives. Another 32%

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Lawmakers in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region voted Thursday to forbid the act of persuading ladies into having an abortion.The costs defines browbeating as persuasion, bribery, deceit or blackmail but exempts medical and social workers who inform females about pregnancy risks. Our priority is to develop a safe environment for households and the value of h

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A Russian military court on Thursday sentenced Armen Aramyan, the banished co-founder of the independent youth publication DOXA, to 10 years and one month in prison in absentia under wartime censorship laws.The court found Aramyan guilty of justifying terrorism and spreading intentionally incorrect information about the Russian armed force, according to the M

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The Kremlin on Thursday criticized a one-year prison sentence for Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik as a "political" decision that could have "negative consequences" for the region.

Dodik was sentenced on Wednesday for defying rulings made by an international envoy charged with overseeing the country's peace accords.

"Dodik's persecution is

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