On 18 July, FSB officers arrested the former head of the Moscow branch of the Investigative Committee, Maj. Gen. (07.06.1968) based on orders from the Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court. Investigators charged him with two
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The ECtHR has recently issued judgements on a number of high-profile cases related to Russia and has ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensations. Russia has to pay 20,000 euro in damages to the
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The government’s bill on changes in the Russian pension system was passed in first reading by the State Duma on 19 July, with 327 lawmakers supporting the draft legislation (104 voted against). A wider
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Shortly before the summit in Helsinki the Russian citizen Maria Butina was arrested in the United States. The investigation determined that, from as early as 2015, Butina worked at the direction of a high-level
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The Putin-Trump Helsinki Summit The 16 July Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki is by far the leading news in Russia this week. From a Russian perspective the summit is considered a big success as it
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RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED FM EAS COREU TO ALL COREU NORMAL CFSP/EAS/1249/18 240718 1714Z ACRONYM COEST COPOL COPAR SUBJECT COEST COPOL COPAR – Moscow: Russian Federation Weekly Report, 20 July 2018 TEXT Subject: COEST-COPOL-COPAR –
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RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED FM EAS COREU TO ALL COREU URGENT CFSP/EAS/0172/18 160218 1731Z ACRONYM COASI SUBJECT COASI – EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan Roland Kobia visits Russia, 12-13 February 2018 TEXT Subject: COASI –
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