Deputy speaker of the Russian State Duma, Pyotr Tolstoy, says that both Instagram and Facebook have deleted his posts on the recent killing of the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic, Aleksandr Zakharchenko. Read Full Article at RT.com

The head of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Russia has taken a federal lawmaker, known for his staunch pro-Christian and anti-gay stance, to court, seeking material compensation over alleged public insults to the brotherhood. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s envoy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has demanded action over the health of Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, held in Ukraine, who he says is being pushed ‘close to having a heart attack’. Read Full Article at RT.com

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia has stated that, despite the contrary claims from foreign mass media, the Orthodox Church is currently free of any political influence from secular authorities, more than ever in history. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian investigators have launched a criminal case against a feminist from the Siberian city of Omsk on charges of inciting hatred after posting jokes about men on her page in Russia’s most popular social network, Vkontakte. Read Full Article at RT.com

The recent creation of the military-political directorate in the Russian Defense Ministry is due to the “undisguised and cynical information war” that the country is now facing on all fronts, the head of the body has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

More than half of Russians say they don’t expect any serious protests in the near future. Researchers link this to Vladimir Putin’s recent speech outling plans to soften the negative effects of the forthcoming pension reform. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Justice Ministry has prepared a bill that introduces state licensing of programs aimed at fighting AIDS and the spreading of the HIV infection, performed by domestic NGOs but sponsored from abroad. Read Full Article at RT.com

Following heated discussion and a conflict between the upper and lower chambers of parliament, Russia has eventually introduced the law banning ‘live baiting’ – the training of hunting dogs using live captured wild animals. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least 30 Russian citizens are currently in custody in foreign nations, either serving sentences for their political beliefs or awaiting trial on political charges, Russia's human rights commissioner has told reporters. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two rallies against pension reform have been held in Russia’s capital. Some 8,000 people turned up at the events, while organizers claimed “tens of thousands” were in attendance. Read Full Article at RT.com

A man suspected of terrorist activities in Syria has been extradited from Germany to Russia after allegedly attempting to gain the refugee status using forged documents. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said that resource-rich Arctic regions have become attractive to many nations and warned that the situation could lead to a military confrontation, for which Moscow must be prepared. Read Full Article at RT.com

Over half of all Russians think that internet users must bear responsibility for sharing and reposting extremist material, and a third of them supported punishing reposters to the same extent as the original authors. Read Full Article at RT.com

A court in St. Petersburg, Russia has sentenced a man to six years in prison for terrorist propaganda and recruiting new members for the banned Islamic State group using popular internet messenger WhatsApp. Read Full Article at RT.com

A member of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council has visited leftist activist Sergey Udaltsov in detention and asked him to end his hunger strike, which can only damage his health and benefit his political enemies. Read Full Article at RT.com

About a quarter of Russians said they prefer to keep savings in US dollars but almost an equal share of population said that they consider Russia’s rouble stable enough for this purpose, according to a recent online poll. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's telecom watchdog has reiterated its willingness to consider lifting a ban on popular messaging app Telegram if it agrees to follow a court order to give access to the content of its encrypted messages. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has disclosed plans to expand the list of military roles that can be undertaken by female cadets and students - both in military schools and universities with military education centers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov says the recent death of US Senator John McCain is unlikely to change the “wave of hatred” toward Moscow from Washington’s Russophobic political elites. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that US sanctions will not make Moscow change its policies and warned that the ‘invented excuse’ used by Washington was ‘diluting’ the international system of chemical weapons control. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian anti-corruption activist-turned opposition politician Aleksey Navalny was sentenced to 30 days of civil arrest for breaching the Russian law on public protests in the course of his January ‘voters’ strike’ event. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko reaffirmed his intention to ask the UN Security Council to investigate numerous violations of his rights by US special services, including abduction, a botched trial, and torture. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian president and prime minister remain in close contact during the latter’s absence from public events, a Kremlin spokesperson said after the government press service revealed Dmitry Medvedev had suffered a sports injury. Read Full Article at RT.com

A criminal case against members of the Ukrainian extremist group, who called on supporters to kill 50 Russian law enforcement officers, has been launched by the Russian agency for the investigation of especially serious crimes. Read Full Article at RT.com

The owner and chief editor of one of the Russia’s leading tabloids has been taken to court by his wife who seeks division of assets, including shares in media companies, worth at least 27 billion roubles. Read Full Article at RT.com

The owner and chief editor of one of the Russia’s leading tabloids has been taken to court by his wife who seeks division of assets, including shares in media companies, worth at least 27 billion roubles. Read Full Article at RT.com

Latvia and Estonia have no legal right to demand compensation for what they describe as “Soviet occupation” and any such claims are just Russophobic propaganda games, a Russian senator has stated. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Presidential Human Rights Council wants to decriminalize insults that offend religious sensibilities, as well as narrowing legal definitions of extremism, a business news site has reported, citing council sources. Read Full Article at RT.com

The fact more politicians in Ukraine are now backing Vladimir Putin’s position must be blamed on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s cowardly tactics of fighting imaginary threats, according to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Read Full Article at RT.com

Yury Makarov, the chairman of a district court in Stavropol, Russia, resigned after a lewd video of someone resembling him and a naked woman buying champagne from a gas station was leaked on the internet. Read Full Article at RT.com

The head of the Russian “Leftist Front” movement, Sergei Udaltsov, has been placed in hospital after going on hunger strike in protest over civil custodial sentence he received for violating the law on protest rallies. Read Full Article at RT.com

About two thirds of Russians think there are certain groups seeking to rewrite the history of their country in a bid to undermine traditional values and promote tolerance to “non-traditional” sexual relations. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russians who help police to solve crimes or catch suspects could receive rewards of up to $150,000, according to a Justice Ministry document. Previously, awards and bounties were offered only as a private initiative. Read Full Article at RT.com

Over half of the Russian public believes that domestic violence should be treated as a criminal offence and only a quarter of Russians support the recent decriminalization of first-time offenders. Read Full Article at RT.com