Thousands of fans mourning underground Russian rapper Pasha Technique gathered outside a Moscow church during his funeral service on Friday, blocking traffic and prompting police to disperse crowds and detain at least two people.

Pasha Technique, whose real name was Pavel Ivlev, died at the age of 40 on Saturday after being hospitalized in a

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A consistent flow of Syrian refugees has started to settle in Russia's Perm area following the topple of President Bashar al-Assad late in 2015, Russian officials have confirmed.The individuals from Syria's Latakia region, which is where many of the nation's Alawite minority live, have actually come under increasingattacks by militants close to the new Turki
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President Vladimir Putin and other leading Russian authorities will not deal with prosecution while in workplace under a future Western tribunal for the war in Ukraine, Euronews reported Thursday, citing confidential EU officials.The special court, which is expected to be based in The Hague, aims to attempt Russia's leadership for the crime of aggressiveness however will not h
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A court in Far East Russia has actually denied a request to transfer anti-Putin shaman Alexander Gabyshev from a high-security psychiatric center to a general health center for the third time in 2 years, his lawyersaid Friday.The Ussuriysky District Court in the Primorye region made the judgment after a greater court in Februaryoverturned its December choice
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Artyom Kriger is one of four journalists currently facing nearly six years in prison on charges of “extremism” over alleged ties to the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

Kriger — along with Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Karelin — was arrested last year on charges of “participating in an extremist community.”

The journalists

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Authorities in Moscow will pursue more prisoner swap talks with the United States following an exchange earlier today, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) told state media Friday. Dialogue with the brand-new U.S. administration will definitely continue in various locations, including the issue you mentioned, SVR Director Sergei Nar
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