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Russian lower house to ban access to all US reporters – lawmaker
The head of the State Duma Regulations Committee has said that the Russian Lower House will ban all visits by journalists working for US mass media. This is in reply to the US Congress’s hostile moves towards Russia’s RT America television.
Crimean activists demand Ukrainian nationalist groups’ recognition as neo-Nazis
The head of the Public Chamber of the Crimean Republic has called on the international community to recognize Ukrainian nationalist parties and groups as neo-Nazis, and institute a special international body that would investigate their criminal activities.
Moscow Patriarchate grants greater independence to Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The Congress of Russian Orthodox Bishops has voted to dedicate a separate chapter in the Moscow Patriarchate’s Charter to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, bringing the document into line with the de facto independence of this branch of the faith.
United Russia party to support Putin in presidential race – Medvedev
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who is also the head of the parliamentary majority party United Russia, has said that members of the party will “unconditionally” support Vladimir Putin if he decides to run for the presidency in 2018.
Election restrictions for convicts must remain in force, says Constitutional Court
The Russian Constitutional Court has said it will not review the law that sets a 10-year ban on participation in elections for people with unserved criminal sentences, but added that judges can still express different opinions on the matter.
Court orders Russian opposition activist Navalny to return presidential campaign funds to donor
A court in Moscow has ordered in favor of a man who demanded the return of money he donated to the presidential campaign of opposition activist Aleksey Navalny, after learning that the law forbids Navalny from participating in the 2018 race.
New Russian bill introduces fines for media violations of foreign agent law
A senior Russian MP has drafted a bill introducing large fines and administrative detention for violating a new law requiring foreign media to register as foreign agents and mark their product accordingly.
Sacrifice theory gets probe by investigators of Romanov family killing
Investigators plan to conduct “psychological and historical analysis” to verify a theory that the killing of last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1918 was a sacrifice made by the Bolsheviks in a bid for global domination.
Russia to launch ‘independent internet’ for BRICS nations — report
The Russian Security Council has asked the country’s government to develop an independent internet infrastructure for BRICS nations, which would continue to work in the event of global internet malfunctions.
Snr Russian diplomat warns of apocalyptic outcome of N. Korean crisis
A Russian deputy foreign minister has said that the current nuclear-missile crisis on the Korean Peninsula could end in an “apocalyptic scenario” and called upon direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang to prevent that outcome.
