A recently published "migrant’s guide" to the city of St. Petersburg has provoked an outcry from rights activists who claim that migrant workers are imaged as instruments of common labour.

Sunday, October 14, has become a big elections day for people in 77 Russia's regions. Its main trends are already obvious - low turnout and a ruling party's triumph.

5 Muslim girls in Russia’s North Caucasus region are not allowed to attend classes while wearing a hijab, according to the school administration's instructions.

The legislative assembly in the city of St. Petersburg has approved in the first reading a bill that bans several noises late at night, including squeaks and loud groans or moans.

On Wednesday, a Moscow court mitigated the two-year prison penalty for Pussy Riot member Ekaterina Samutsevich to a suspended sentence at an appeal hearing.

A Moscow priest and rector of several churches published a special instruction on what to do in case of a hooligan attack on a church. In particular, he blessed and encouraged the use of physical force against the hooligans.

Three jailed members of the punk group Pussy Riot were included to the shortlist of the prestigious prize named for Soviet human rights activist Andrei Sakharov.

The amount of corruption crimes in Russia has grown by almost one-third during the first six months of 2012, year-on-year, Russia's Investigative Committee spokesman reports.

Should Russian atheists also reguire protection of their feelings, another law may be passed to this end, a State Duma deputy announced.

An occasionally notorious but very talented and successful Russian designer Artemy Lebedev announced a contest to create a special sign that would alert the believers of a potential offence to their feelings.