Russia's Embassy in the United States has warned against foreign interference in Iran as anti-government protests there have turned deadly. Up to 13 people have reportedly been killed in nationwide demonstrations in the Islamic republic in the biggest unrest since protests against alleged election rigging in 2009. In a tweet on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran is "failing at every lev
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has castigated the United States for supporting anti-government protests in Iran, after the U.S. envoy to the United Nations pledged to support the protesters. At least 21 people have reportedly died in nationwide demonstrations, the largest wave of unrest to sweep Iran since protests against election fraud in 2009. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said late Tuesday
A fire has broken out in the basement of Russia's Foreign Intelligence (SVR) building in Moscow, trapping three, according to Russian media. The building located on Moscow's Ring Road is closed to outsiders. Staff have been evacuated but a repair crew could be trapped in an underground tunnel, an unnamed source told the Interfax news agency. Firefighters are reportedly opening up an iron door to g
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Vladimir Putin / Kremlin Press Service The Kremlin's transcript of a speech by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Crimea edited his text to replace the word “annexation.” Western countries, including Germany, imposed economic sanctions on Russia after it annexed the Black Sea peninsula in March 2014. In the first trip to Moscow by a German head of state since O
Police in a Moscow suburb have threatened to kill supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, after they compared police wages in Russia to those in Sweden. Swedish police officers earn an equivalent of $4,500 per month on average, compared to their Russian counterparts who take home $625 monthly. In a YouTube video posted by Navalny’s election campaign team in Korolyov on Monday, one of t
Ahead of presidential elections next year, one-quarter of Russians questioned in a recent poll think protests could take place over declining living standards. The results published by the independent Levada Center come more than a week after Russia’s Elections Commission confirmed March 18 as the date of the country’s next presidential elections. Although he is widely expected to run, President V
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman is suffering from emotional stress, the Kremlin said on Wednesday in response to a campaign calling for an investigation into Russian interference into U.S. affairs. In a video shared online on Monday, Freeman said the United States was “at war” with Russia. The U.S. is carrying out three Congressional investigations and an independent special counsel probe into alle
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a helicopter accidentally fired on bystanders at the Zapad 2017 military exercises, the online news portal 66.ru cited a source as saying on Tuesday. The week-long drills in Western Russia and neighboring Belarus kicked off last week, with around 13,000 troops, hundreds of tanks, aircraft, warships and other military hardware participating.
Two senior officials in Moscow's Novo-Peredelkino district were fired after video footage showed one of them apparently encouraging election monitors to rig the vote during municipal elections on Sunday. A video uploaded to YouTube on Saturday showed one of the officials talking to local election monitors about increasing the number of votes for “our supporters." She also handed them envelopes, wh
Russian Defence Ministry's Press and Information Department / TASS Almost half of Russians say the Kremlin should withdraw from its military campaign in Syria, according to the results of a Levada Center poll published Tuesday. Some 49 percent of respondents said Russia’s intervention in the Syrian conflict should end while 30 percent, less than one-third, were in favor of Russia’s continued invol
A copy of the newspaper from March 2008 came in handy when members of the Northern Irish alternative rock group were searching for a band name. Paul Hanley / for MT The Moscow Times is set to release its final print edition on Thursday, July 6 with a special souvenir issue. Dutch businessman Derk Sauer announced in June that The Moscow Times brand would be moved to a charitable foundation in partn
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A major in the Interior Ministry who trains police officers at Moscow's Interior Ministry University has been found to have ties to a pro-Kremlin provocateur group as well as to a neo-Nazi organization. The Insider news site's investigation found that Oleg Chursin, 43, is a member of a pro-Kremlin organization known as SERB, which has been involved in numerous acts of vandalism and assault on oppo
As Moscow police have dawdled over their investigation into a chemical attack on April 27 against opposition leader Alexei Navalny, ordinary Internet users have already unmasked two of the men apparently involved. On Sunday, the pro-Kremlin television network REN-TV released footage showing the attack, evidently filmed by someone who may have known about it in advance. In the video, the faces of t
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