Prosecutors have asked for three-year sentences on each of the feminist punk band that performed a protest stunt against Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral. full story ![]()
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny is so sure President Vladimir Putin wants him convicted in a trial starting on Wednesday that he has already packed a jail bag with sneakers, jogging pants and slippers.
reuters.com (1 month and 4 days ago)
MOSCOW — Moscow's highest court panel has rejected an appeal by three members of the punk band Pussy Riot against their hooliganism conviction following a protest against Vladimir Putin.Moscow City Court's presidium upheld the verdict against the band last week. The decision was published Wednesday.The band performed a "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral shortly before...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 3 days ago)
Opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin are gathering for a major protest rally that will be carried LIVE on CBCNews.ca at 11 a.m. ET. It marks the one-year anniversary of a protest on the eve of Putin's inauguration that ended in clashes between police and demonstrators.
cbc.ca (15 days ago)

Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the Netherlands on Monday, but the Russian president a…
azstarnet.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has been called a "thief" at a protest against his rule in Moscow.
news.com.au (15 days ago)
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the Netherlands on Monday, but the Russian president appeared unruffled by the furor.
boston.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the Netherlands on Monday, but the Russian president appeared unruffled by the furor....
ap.org (1 month and 12 days ago)
MOSCOW — About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout — far less than the 100,000 or more who marched through Moscow with giddy optimism ahead of Putin's election to a third term — reflected a wariness that has...
bostonherald.com (14 days ago)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny accused Vladimir Putin on Monday of orchestrating a trial against him on theft charges, and said he was sure he would be found guilty in a campaign to crush the opposition.
reuters.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin laughed off a protest against him by topless women in Germany on Monday, joking that he liked what he had seen while sharply rebuffing German criticism of his human rights record.
reuters.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
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