Experts of the Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty and Prevention of Intervention in Russia’s Internal Affairs announced that they had evidence to prove facts of US influence on the course of regional elections that took place in Russia on September 10. According to the head of the commission, Senator Andrei Klimov, foreign countries made wire transfers to Russian... 

Lawyer Dagir Hasavov The Yabloko party has addressed prosecutors after a Chechen lawyer said in a televised interview that Russian authorities should legalize Sharia courts – or face violence and bloodshed. Yabloko chairman Sergey Mitrokhin has said that his party suspected the lawyer, Dagir Khasavov (sometimes also spelled as Khasabov) of extremism after the native of predominantly Muslim Chechnya... 

The European Parliament adopted an ambiguous resolution on the presidential elections in Russia. The resolution serves two masters, as they say. On the one hand, the European Parliament described the electoral process in Russia as “not free and unfair.” On the other hand, the parliament is optimistic about the future and the further dialogue with Russia. However, Russia could expect nothing...