Putin changes Russia’s top prosecutor
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested dismissing Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika due to his transfer to other work. The head of state nominated Deputy Head of the Investigative …
Yevgeny Minchenko
North Caucasus experts to heard by authorities
The 'South' think tank will tell about the processes taking place in the North Caucasus
Putin to meet Trump in Buenos Aires
There is an agreement about a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at a G20 summit in Argentina, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. …
Puitn-Trump round two to be held after sanction apocalypse
U.S. National security adviser John Bolton didn't rule out that Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Washington in 2019 and a return visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to …
Alexei Kudrin approved as head of Russia's Accounts Chamber
The Russian State Duma voted for the decree appointing Alexei Kudrin to the position of the head of the Accounts Chamber. "Appoint Alexei L. Kudrin to the position of the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the …
Medvedev to head Russian government
Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward Dmitry Medvedev for the post of prime minister, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website. Medvedev, who had been prime minister since 2012, resigned …
Lavrov: US blackmails whole world
The decision by some Western countries to expel Russian diplomats comes as the result of a colossal blackmail campaign and pressure from the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "The …
Voting in presidential elections starts in Russia
Early voting in Russia's presidential elections has started today in distant areas of the Sakhalin and Magadan regions. "Today a helicopter has left for Cape Crillon, the lighthouse caretakers will be able to vote …
Russia kicks off 7th presidential campaign trail
The Russian presidential campaign has officially started, the relevant upper house's resolution was published in Monday's edition of the government's Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper. The Central Election Commission announced …
Moscow ready to work with new Berlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel upon the success of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union in the parliamentary elections. "In a …
Kissinger: Russia and US to act together
Moscow and Washington have every opportunity to make significant progress towards improving not only their relations but improving situations around the world, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said at the …
Russia has no plans to get back to G8
Russia has no intention of getting back to the G8 format, the Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "This theme [of return to the G8 format] is not being discussed in Moscow in any way," TASS …
Russia to save 2 billion rubles on political parties
The total amount of public funding of the Russian political parties will be reduced by 30%. Thus, government funding will decline from 6.99 billion rubles to 5.03 billion rubles. In accordance with the law 'On political …
How will situation change in Ukraine after Yatsenyuk’s dismissal?
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned On Sunday, April 10th. "I decided to leave the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine,’’ he said. It is more than likely that the …
'Normandy Quartet' doesn't reach consensus on Donbass
A meeting of the Norman Quartet foreign ministers in Paris did not lead to any progress, as the parties failed to reach a breakthrough on the elections in Donbass issue. As the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov …
Russian society united as never before
A poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) indicates that today Russian society is united as never before. "In the period from 2012 to 2015, the proportion of respondents ...
France extradites Ablyazov to Russia
Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls has decided to extradite the former head of BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, to Russia in the absence of signs of political persecution in his case, the Kommersant newspaper reports. As Vestnik Kavkaza previously reported, the decision on extradition was signed on September 17, but it became known only yesterday, when Ablyazov and his the lawyers were notified.