This week the Russian Parliament will start discussing a new bill significantly tightening the rules for smoking in public places.

On Monday, during a conversation between American President Barak Obama and Russian Dmitry Medvedev, Obama was overheard while asking his colleague for "space" for the US.

Following some political actions and the rise of mass protests, the number of people who want to leave Russia has halved.

An online voting is launched for choosing the best name for Mikhail Prokhorov's new political party.

A Moscow regional court upheld a lower court’s decision to ban books on Scientology, considering them as an extremist literature.

A man in a penguin costume was detained by St. Petersburg police at the sanctioned opposition rally on Saturday, March 24.

The Russian Justice Ministry has agreed to register Russia’s Republican Party - the liberal party which was banned in 2007.

On Sunday, about 100 opposition activists have been detained in an unauthorized rally at the Ostankino TV center in Moscow, in a protest against a scandalous documentary.

Leftist leader Sergei Udaltsov has called people to take part in the new opposition rally, called "march of millions” in Moscow on May 5.

A Sochi appeals court has upheld a lower court decision to deny registration of Pride House, a local gay movement, saying it constitutes a threat to Russia’s sovereignty.