Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said gays need not fear persecution at the Winter Olympic Games, but stood by a controversial ban on promoting homosexuality to children. “We don’t have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations between people…
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Two Pussy Riot members on Friday vowed no let-up in their campaign against human rights abuses inside Vladimir Putin’s Russia as they made their first overseas trip since being released from jail. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were…
Resembling a Russian nesting doll, the pint-sized robotic device wants to be your “mother.” The electronic device with wireless connectivity can transform any object in the home into a smart one. It can detect unexpected activity at the front door,…
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was freed by Moscow last month after a decade in jail, vowed Sunday to fight for Russian political prisoners from his new base in Switzerland. “You can’t live with peace of mind when you know there are political…
US icebreaker Polar Star was Sunday set to sail for the Antarctic to assist a Russian vessel trapped in heavy ice and a Chinese ship which went to its aid, officials said. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the US Coast Guard had accepted…
Senegal’s navy has boarded a Russian ship that was allegedly illegally fishing in its waters and is towing it toward Dakar, the military said on Saturday. The ship was boarded after it was observed illegally fishing in Senegalese waters near the border…
Polish striker Robert Lewandowski will leave Borussia Dortmund for German rivals Bayern Munich in the summer on a five-year deal, the European champions confirmed on Saturday. The 25-year-old has been at Dortmund since the 2010-11 season, but his current…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday reversed a blanket ban on protests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, bowing to pressure from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Russia had initially banned any political protests in the Russian Black…
This is getting boring. Every time Techdirt writes about Russian Internet blocking, it’s along the lines of: “just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, it does.” Here’s another one. As a post from TorrentFreak explains, Russia’s telecoms regulator…
French striker Djibril Cisse on Wednesday signed an 18-month deal with Ligue 1 outfit Bastia. The 32-year-old international forward had been playing at Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League since July, but wanted to return to France to better…