Police in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region detained around 20 Roma for “crime prevention talks” after ethnic tensions flared last week over a woman’s murder, local mediareported Sunday.

Enraged residents in the town of Korkino gathered Thursday night outside homes believed to belong to Roma, where they damaged property and clashed with riot police. The

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An increasing number of Russian political activists have been placed in forced psychiatric treatment — a practice dating back to the Soviet era that involves confinement in mental hospitals. 

According to rights activists, some political prisoners who have undergone this treatment report being subjected to humiliation, beatings and being injected

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A Ukrainian drone attack in southwestern Russia's Kursk area killed 2 individuals, regional authorities said Monday.Kursk region Governor Alexei Smirnov said a Ukrainian copter drone targeted a civilian lorry in the Lgovsky District. Two explosives were dropped. 2 young people who were inside [the automobile] died, Smirnov said.The Lgovsky District
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St. Petersburg opposition lawmaker Boris Vishnevsky stated Monday that he would step down from the regional legal assembly to abide by new amendments to Russia's foreign representative law.In May, federal lawmakers passed legislation restricting foreign representatives from running in elections, changes presented after numerous individuals hit with des
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The Kremlin on Monday said it “strongly rejects” accusations from Georgia’s president that it interfered in this past weekend’s parliamentary elections.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili claimed that Moscow was behind election fraud in Georgia, saying it was part of a “Russian special operation.”

“We strongly reject these accusations. There w

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Authorities in Russia's Vladimir region havebanned students from wearing hijabs while at school.According to the restriction, which was enacted last week Tuesday, clothes and elements showing the student's religious association ... are not enabled inside educational institutions, consisting of hijabs and niqabs.The Vladimir region's Education Ministry in
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