Russia

April 03, 2020

Chechnya closes borders for quarantine

The Chechen Republic is the first region in Russia to close its borders due to the coronavirus epidemic

April 01, 2020

North Ossetia: warehouses brimming with alcohol, pharmacies without disinfectants

Alcohol factories in North Ossetia could provide disinfectants to Russia and the entire Caucasus. But Moscow is not giving permission and the plants have been shut down

March 30, 2020

Russia prepares for pandemic peak

The government is introducing new taxes, the wealthy are buying up medical equipment, experts are in quarantine, and residents are having barbeques

March 30, 2020

Moscow: no one to leave the house unless absolutely necessary

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church urges believers to refrain from attending church services

March 25, 2020

Moscow Mayor: “There are significantly more coronavirus cases than reported”

Russia has started bulk purchasing testing kits, intending to test tens of thousands of people daily. Experts are pessimistic

March 18, 2020

Iconovirus. Russian parishioners defending themselves from global pandemic by kissing holy relics

The relics of John the Baptist were brought to Petersburg from Jerusalem: thousands came to kiss the relics, and take communion from one spoon for all. Priests say there is no risk of infection

March 17, 2020

The new Russian constitution: Putin for life, God, and the special role of Russian speakers. What does it all mean?

Lawyers say that the law has been sacrificed to ensure Putin’s lifelong rule

March 14, 2020

Coronavirus in Russia: 59 ill and a suspicious spike in pneumonia

In connection with the outbreak of coronavirus, Russia closed its borders with Norway and Poland

March 12, 2020

Russian nationalities divided into “state-forming”— and everyone else

A constitutional amendment was proposed to recognize that "Russian is the language of the state-forming people." In the national republics of Russia, this proposal provoked outrage

March 10, 2020

Putin proposes “zeroing out” term clock, extending his rule through 2036

If the constitutional amendment is adopted, then when Putin’s current term expires in 2024, he will still be able to serve another 12 years

March 05, 2020

On April 22, Russians to approve mention of God in the constitution, among other amendments

God will be mentioned in the amended Russian constitution, marriage is described as a union between a man and a woman, and distortions of historical truths are prohibited. The amendments aim to extend Vladimir Putin’s time in power.

March 01, 2020

22,000 on march in Moscow, Boris Nemtsov Square in front of Russian Embassy in Prague

This is how the fifth anniversary of the killing of the famous Russian opposition leader right at the Kremlin walls was marked

February 28, 2020

“Loving Kadyrov” — head of the Chechen Republic filmed in “humorous” videos with leading Russian bloggers

Millions of Russian instagram subscribers watch two videos which are part of an unusual advertising campaign of the head of Chechnya

February 20, 2020

Failed in Abkhazia or in Ukraine? Why Putin has fired his influential assistant

Surkov was a symbol of the Kremlin in regions involved in conflicts with the shadow participation of Russia, he also oversaw the pro-Kremlin youth movements