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Snr senator says new Pentagon budget threatens normalization of Russia-US relations
The $700 billion US military spending bill, recently approved by the Senate, could destroy any future attempts to restore relations between the United States and the Russian Federation, the head of the upper house Foreign Relations Committee says.
Kremlin urges caution over Medvedev presidential rumors
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has commented on the rumors about Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s possible participation in the 2018 presidential campaign, with a request to retain “wisdom and irony” when reading anonymous internet sources.
Kadyrov proposes death penalty for terrorist recruiters
The Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the punishment for those who recruit new members for terrorist groups should be tougher than those applied to bombers and hostage-takers.
Liberal presidential hopeful Yavlinsky says victory is not a priority
Grigory Yavlinsky, a prospective presidential candidate and co-founder of the liberal party Yabloko, has said that his main goal in running for the office would not be victory, but to ‘change Russian politics.’
‘Similar to Nazi looting’: Russian minister blasts Netherlands’ Scythian gold ruling
Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky has described a decision by a Dutch court not to return a collection of Scythian gold to Crimea as a “most dangerous precedent,” and threatened to sever all museum ties with the Netherlands.
Two-thirds of Russians feel incapable of changing domestic situation, poll shows
The majority of Russians say they feel completely unable to change anything in their country, and almost as many say they feel no personal responsibility for their motherland, according to a recent poll.
‘Revision of WWII’: Russian Communist MP blasts Ukraine veterans bill
A senior Russian Communist Party lawmaker has called Ukraine’s decision not to use the term ‘Great Patriotic War’ in the latest version of a veterans bill “an act of rudeness” and the first step to equating Nazi collaborators with real war heroes.
Russian MPs pass foreign agent bill for media in ‘mirror response’ to US
Russian State Duma on Wednesday passed in the third and final reading the bill require mass-media outlets operating in the country but funded from abroad to register as foreign agents.
Duma gives second nod to retaliatory bill requiring media outlets to register as foreign agents
The Russian lower house of parliament has passed the second stage of a bill that would require foreign mass-media outlets operating in the country to register as foreign agents.
Putting a $70mn price tag on friendship: Ukraine seeks to sell cultural center in Moscow
A group of Ukrainian lawmakers are lobbying to repeal a treaty with Russia governing information and cultural centers, which would allow the Kiev government to sell its cultural-center building in Moscow, according to a Russian daily newspaper.
