Almost 78% of Russian voters approved amendments to the country’s constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, Russian election officials said Thursday after all the votes were counted. Kremlin critics said the vote was rigged.
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Russia’s vote on constitutional amendments that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036 entered its final day Wednesday amid widespread reports of pressure on voters and other irregularities.
Read moreEight Republican lawmakers attended a White House briefing Monday about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the president himself had not been fully read in on.
Read moreLudmila Yudina, a retired speech therapist and supporter of President Vladimir Putin, has been butting heads with her grandchildren.
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Polls opened in Russia on Thursday for a weeklong vote on constitutional changes that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036.
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German prosecutors on Thursday accused Russia of ordering the murder of a Georgian man in a central Berlin park, and charged a suspected contract killer with the crime that has frayed ties.
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MOSCOW (AFP) — A former governor of a Russian region is challenging his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin at the
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President Vladimir Putin was forced to intervene personally on Monday in the epidemic sweeping Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, as local officials described the coronavirus situation as a “catastrophe.”
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Spring is not turning out the way Russian President Vladimir Putin planned it.
Read morePresident Donald Trump has signaled that he plans to work in closer cooperation with Russia as Covid-19 sends oil prices plummeting.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin insists the economy can weather the coronavirus storm and low oil prices, but the two-pronged crisis is a huge challenge to his promises to reduce poverty and boost growth.
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Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday passed constitutional reforms in ita final reading that include the possibility of President Vladimir Putin extending his rule for another two terms.
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Russian lawmakers vote Tuesday on a package of constitutional reforms that would let President Vladimir Putin put his stamp on the country for decades to come.
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Russia’s main opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that authorities had frozen all of his bank accounts and those of his family, including his elderly parents.
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The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke over the phone Friday, a day after Syrian government airstrikes killed 33 Turkish troops, significantly ratcheting up tensions between Ankara and Moscow. It was the highest number of Turkish soldiers killed in a single day since Ankara intervened in the Syrian conflict in 2016.
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Russia wants to watch Americans “tear ourselves apart” as the United States heads toward elections, an FBI official warned Monday.
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Russia’s most prominent opposition leader on Tuesday called for a mass turnout at a weekend rally marking five years since the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov.
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Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly gave preliminary approval to a slew of constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to remain in charge after his current term ends in 2024.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday fast-tracked work on constitutional changes that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024, while lawmakers quickly sealed his choice for new prime minister.
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Russian lawmakers are expected to quickly approve the appointment of a new prime minister Thursday, a day after President Vladimir Putin kicked off an unexpected reshuffle of his inner circle that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024.
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