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US band Bloodhound Gang ejected from Russia after flag stunt
Sunday 04 August 2013
Rock group could face criminal charges for their onstage antics
Putin’s libertarian benevolence in this case has turned a chilly relationship with US ice-cold
Thursday 01 August 2013
Russia’s granting of asylum to Edward Snowden may have ended nearly six weeks in airport limbo for the man who leaked some of America’s most sensitive intelligence gathering programmes. But it has further poisoned the already severely strained relations between Moscow and Washington.
Gay Olympians competing at Sochi Winter Games face risk of prosecution under Russia’s crackdown
Thursday 01 August 2013
Minister confirms that athletes and fans who ‘flaunt’ their sexuality will be prosecuted
NSA uses XKeyscore program which tracks 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
Thursday 01 August 2013
The program can use almost any identifying information to track the online behaviour of a target
'It was this big' Really? Russia thinks there's something fishy about Putin's 26 pound pike
Monday 29 July 2013
'This pike weighs no more than 26.5 pounds' one commentator noted. 'Unless it swallowed a bar of gold'
No equal rights, no vodka nights: gay clubs boycott Russian imports
Sunday 28 July 2013
Popular British gay bars and nightclubs have joined a global boycott of Russian vodka brands following allegations of human rights abuses by Vladimir Putin’s government.
LGBT campaigners boycott vodka in protest at Russian gay rights abuses - even though their main target isn't made in Russia
Saturday 27 July 2013
Dump Russian Vodka campaign spawns #DumpStoli hashtag even though Stolichnaya made in Latvia by a company based in Luxembourg
US tells Russia: 'We won't torture Edward Snowden if he is extradited home'
Friday 26 July 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder says the NSA whistleblower's claims of what he would face should he return to America are 'entirely without merit'
Jailed Pussy Riot punk singer denied parole
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Maria Alyokhina forced to appear at parole decision appeal by video link despite hunger strike over right to attend in person
Navalny may run for Moscow mayor after being freed on bail
Friday 19 July 2013
The opposition leader Alexei Navalny was bailed pending his appeal today, less than 24 hours after he was given a five-year sentence for embezzlement in a trial widely regarded as political.
Q&A: Alexei Navalny and the threat to Vladimir Putin’s power
Thursday 18 July 2013
Q. Why is Vladimir Putin so scared of Alexei Navalny?
Anger grows after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is jailed
Thursday 18 July 2013
Activist conviction for corruption has been condemned by the EU and the US
Video: Pussy Riot release new song
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Members of the punk group Pussy Riot have released a new song and video where, wearing bright-coloured ski masks, they dance on an oil tanker.
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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