President Vladimir Putin visited the southwestern Kursk region for the first time since Russia’s military said it cleared the area of Ukrainian forces following months of cross-border fighting.

The Kremlin released a video early Wednesday of Putin meeting with local volunteers, including members of the Russian Orthodox Church and the

Russian authorities on Tuesday pressed criminal charges against Galina Timchenko, the founder and publisher of the exiled news website Meduza, accusing her of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.

In a statement, the Moscow branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, alleged that Timchenko posted vi

Russian law enforcement authorities pressed new bribery charges against billionaire Vadim Moshkovich just days before his pre-trial detention was set to expire, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing a Moscow court.

Moshkovich, the founder of agricultural giant Rusagro, was arrested in late March on charges of large-scale fraud