Almost half of all Russians consider their country a great world power, naming the president, the military forces and the spirit of the people as the main sources of their greatness, according to a recent poll. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian journalist, gay rights activist and opposition figure Anton Krasovsky has said that he plans to take part in September mayoral race in Moscow and described his major campaign promise as “domination of European values.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Developing close relations with the BRICS states remains one of Moscow’s top foreign policy priorities, Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said at a business conference ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit to Sochi. Read Full Article at RT.com

Several Russian MPs have drafted a bill criminalizing “persistent refusal to execute court orders on refuting false reports” with punishment up to a year behind bars for those who continue to spread fake news. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Vladimir Putin has approved all candidates for senior positions in the new Russian government, who were proposed earlier today by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chechen parliament has drafted a bill in the State Duma that, if passed, would allow Vladimir Putin and all future Russian presidents to remain in office for three consecutive terms instead of the current two. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian investigators have launched an investigation into 15 judges who ruled that the Crimean declaration of independence contradicted the Ukrainian constitution. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tatyana Golikova, who has been offered the post of deputy PM in charge of social policies, has burst into tears during the parliamentary session which approved her resignation as the head of the Audit Chamber. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a second reading of a bill of reciprocal sanctions against unfriendly foreign states, but delayed hearings into criminalizing compliance with foreign sanctions. Read Full Article at RT.com

The percentage of Russians who fear that the current conflict in Syria could develop into a global war has increased from 48 to 57 in less than two years, but experts explain this by natural deviations. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian government plans to fight money laundering by only allowing members of the state-run “register of crypto-investors” to mine for and use digital currencies, a popular daily reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian teachers are to be offered training to prepare them for possible armed attacks on schools and other emergency situations through a nationwide system of courses requested by human rights ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova. Read Full Article at RT.com

While the names of the ministers inside the new Russian government are yet to be announced, its structure will undergo subtle but potentially impactful transformations, after a decree was signed by Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The ruling on nationwide blocking of Telegram Messenger has not come into force because it is being appealed by the app's lawyers, the press service of the Moscow City Court reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

Lawmakers from leftist opposition party Fair Russia have proposed setting salaries of State Duma deputies level with the national average, which in practice would mean a decrease from 350,000 to about 35,000 rubles per month. Read Full Article at RT.com

The main purpose of United States sanctions is to slow the progress of rapidly developing nations, Russian State Duma speaker has said as the parliament began looking at bills on Russia’s response to the latest restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian MPs have drafted a bill which means any action or inaction that helps to implement anti-Russian sanctions from foreign states should carry criminal responsibility with punishments of up to four years in prison. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Commission for State Sovereignty Protection has found that Western nations already sought to oust Vladimir Putin from power in 2011, long before the beginning of the ongoing political crisis. Read Full Article at RT.com

The vast majority of Russians, 78 percent, say they have not encountered any serious problems due to sanctions imposed on their country by the US and its allies, a poll has found. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chechen parliament has unanimously voted to prepare and draft a constitutional amendment that would allow the same person to remain President of the Russian Federation for three consecutive terms instead of the current two. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US exit from the Iranian nuclear deal will provoke another major international crisis and grant Iranians freedom to develop nuclear weapons and related programs, a senior Russian MP has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Over 4,000 Russian citizens are currently fighting on the terrorists’ side in Syria, but all of them will face criminal charges if they return home, the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's parliamentary majority party has prepared a bill that, if passed, would list as “undesirable” all foreign and international groups that attempt to influence Russian elections, effectively banning their activities. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia has rejected the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s order to compensate Ukrainian companies for losses, allegedly stemming from the 2014 Crimea reunification, saying that the issue was outside the jurisdiction of The Hague. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Russian-Israeli citizen who attacked a radio journalist in 2017, claiming he had 'telepathic contact' with her, is unfit for trial due to mental illness and should be sent for treatment, a court in Moscow has ruled. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Lower House has approved Vladimir Putin’s longtime ally Dmitry Medvedev as cabinet chairman for a new term, despite opposition from leftist parliamentary caucuses. Read Full Article at RT.com

An astrologer from the Russian Far East says he was fined for predicting the outcome of the March presidential election, despite the fact that his forecast proved to be correct. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the US, reportedly said he was put in a disciplinary cell for 30 days despite serious health problems that could be due to deliberate poisoning. Read Full Article at RT.com

After being sworn in as president for the fourth time, Vladimir Putin told Russian citizens that he saw a major economic breakthrough to prosperity as the main goal, adding that only a truly free society is capable of such step. Read Full Article at RT.com

After the swearing-in ceremony at the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin formally nominated current chair of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, to retain his post. The candidacy is to be confirmed by the Russian parliament. Read Full Article at RT.com

Thanks to Vladimir Putin’s resolute decisions the Chechen people have defeated terrorism and restored the economy in the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov said ahead of the Russian Presidential Inauguration ceremony. Read Full Article at RT.com

Supporters of opposition figure Aleksey Navalny gathered for mostly unauthorized rallies across Russia on Saturday. The activist himself was briefly detained at a protest in Moscow, as police dispersed illegal asemblies. Read Full Article at RT.com

Over 80 percent of Russians describe themselves as happy people, according to a nationwide poll. When asked what made them happy, they named loving families, children and good work as major factors. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Upper House MPs are poised to support a bill that introduces criminal responsibility for people and companies who comply with anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Embassy in Washington has expressed indignation over a lack of reaction from the US to the 2014 Odessa massacre in Ukraine, in which nationalist radicals killed scores of anti-Maidan protesters. Read Full Article at RT.com