Russia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the treaty on rejoining the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation is legal. Valery Zorkin, chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, said on Wednesday the court had ruled in a unanimous vote that President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea and Sevastopol parts of Russia. The court also... 

Former Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and his successor Vladimir Putin walk downstairs at the Ivanovskaya Square in Moscow’s Kremlin, on May 7, 2012. Russia’s newly sworn-in President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the State Duma, nominating Dmitry Medvedev as the new prime minister under a job swap agreement announced last year. The lower house of parliament’s speaker...