russian news – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:16:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png russian news – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Putin signs decree recognising Crimea as independent state https://www.theinfostride.com/putin-signs-decree-recognising-crimea-as-independent-state/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:20:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29204 President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree formally recognising Crimea as an independent state following its vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, news agencies quoted a Kremlin statement as saying. Russian news agencies quoted the decree…

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]]> US legislators concerned about threats to Winter Olympics https://www.theinfostride.com/us-legislators-concerned-about-threats-to-winter-olympics/ Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:41:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11773 US lawmakers raised concerns Sunday about the threat of attacks at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, with one faulting Russia for not sharing intelligence. "The threats are real. They are basically calling for attacks on the Olympics. I think you…

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]]> President Vladimir Putin says gays at Olympics must ‘leave children alone’ https://www.theinfostride.com/president-vladimir-putin-says-gays-at-olympics-must-leave-children-alone/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:41:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11226 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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]]> Pussy Riot vows no let-up in Russia human rights fight at Asia awards https://www.theinfostride.com/pussy-riot-vows-no-let-up-in-russia-human-rights-fight-at-asia-awards/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:38:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11223 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…

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]]> Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky vows to fight for Russian political prisoners https://www.theinfostride.com/former-oil-tycoon-mikhail-khodorkovsky-vows-to-fight-for-russian-political-prisoners/ Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:47:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8370 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…

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]]> Putin scraps blanket ban on protests at Sochi Games https://www.theinfostride.com/putin-scraps-blanket-ban-on-protests-at-sochi-games/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7923 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…

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]]> Russian Authorities Threaten To Block CloudFlare And Other Key Infrastructural Sites https://www.theinfostride.com/russian-authorities-threaten-to-block-cloudflare-and-other-key-infrastructural-sites/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7888 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…

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]]> Russia on alert after suicide bombings kill 31 https://www.theinfostride.com/russia-on-alert-after-suicide-bombings-kill-31/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:14:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7062 At least 14 people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a packed trolleybus in Volgograd, raising new concerns about security at the Sochi Olympics a day after a deadly attack on the southern Russian city's train station. President…

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]]> Pole vault star Isinbayeva shocked by attacks in Russian hometown https://www.theinfostride.com/pole-vault-star-isinbayeva-shocked-by-attacks-in-russian-hometown/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:17:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6990 Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva on Monday said she was devastated and shocked by two deadly attacks that have rocked her hometown of Volgograd in southern Russia. "It is hard for me to talk now," Isinbayeva told the ITAR-TASS news…

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]]> Ten killed in new attack in Russian city of Volgograd  https://www.theinfostride.com/ten-killed-in-new-attack-in-russian-city-of-volgograd/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:41:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6934 At least 10 people were killed on Monday in a bombing that destroyed a packed trolleybus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, a day after 17 people died in a suicide strike on the city's main train station. The new attack will further heighten…

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]]> Female suicide bomber kills 14 at Russia train station https://www.theinfostride.com/female-suicide-bomber-kills-14-at-russia-train-station/ Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:58:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6868 A female suicide bomber killed 14 people Sunday when she blew herself up at the main train station in the southern city of Volgograd, raising concerns about security in Russia just six weeks before the Sochi Olympic Games. The unidentified woman set…

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]]> Russia to bury Kalashnikov in new ‘pantheon’ of heroes https://www.theinfostride.com/russia-to-bury-kalashnikov-in-new-pantheon-of-heroes/ Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:24:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6579 Russia was Friday to bury Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, at a newly-opened cemetery for national heroes. Kalashnikov, who died on Monday at the age of 94, was…

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]]> Pussy Riot back in Moscow ahead of first news conference https://www.theinfostride.com/pussy-riot-back-in-moscow-ahead-of-first-news-conference/ Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:06:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6573 The two freed members of anti-Kremlin Russian punk group Pussy Riot arrived back in Moscow on Friday after reuniting in Siberia, ahead of holding their first news conference since their release earlier this week. Maria Alyokhina, 25, had already passed…

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]]> Rescue underway for Russian ship trapped by Antarctic ice https://www.theinfostride.com/rescue-underway-for-russian-ship-trapped-by-antarctic-ice/ Thu, 26 Dec 2013 02:17:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6470 Three icebreaking ships were Thursday hurrying to reach a Russian vessel carrying 74 people on a scientific expedition which is trapped by ice off Antarctica, with Australian authorities coordinating the rescue mission. The Australian Maritime Safety…

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]]> Russia approves amnesty covering Pussy Riot, Greenpeace crew https://www.theinfostride.com/russia-approves-amnesty-covering-pussy-riot-greenpeace-crew/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:22:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5446 Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while also ending the prosecution of 30 Greenpeace crew members. Russia's Duma lower house of parliament voted…

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]]> Greenpeace foreign activist ‘denied Russia exit visa’ https://www.theinfostride.com/greenpeace-foreign-activist-denied-russia-exit-visa/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:37:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=4566 Russia has denied a foreign Greenpeace activist permission to leave the country pending his trial over an Arctic protest, the group said on Friday. Greenpeace has received a letter from the Investigative Committee, which probes major cases in Russia…

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]]> Russian court releases last Greenpeace activist on bail https://www.theinfostride.com/russian-court-releases-last-greenpeace-activist-bail/ Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:25:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=2644 A Russian court on Thursday ordered to release on bail the last of 30 Greenpeace crew members who had been held in detention since their September protest against Arctic oil drilling. "Excellent news! Colin Russell from Australia is granted bail," the…

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