NEWS

VOTE COMMISSION SEEKS TO GIVE BOOST TO TURNOUT

Amid fears of a low turnout in March 2 Russian presidential elections, the St. Petersburg Election Commission announced last week it will prepare personal invitations to more than three million registered voters in the city to “boost public awareness.” ...

RAPIST’S MURDER STIRS DEBATE

As a retired local boxer stands trial for killing an assailant who was caught attempting to rape his adopted child, the city parliament is calling for ...

U.S. PASTOR TO BE HELD FOR TWO MONTHS FOR INVESTIGATION

MOSCOW — A Moscow court has ordered a U.S. pastor to remain in detention for two months while prosecutors investigate him on suspicion of smuggling ammunition into the country, a U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said Sunday.

Phillip Miles, a pastor of the Christ ...

LIBERAL OPPOSITION TO MEET IN SEARCH OF UNITY

MOSCOW — Representatives of the fractured liberal opposition will meet next month to discuss the creation of a broad liberal alliance and the development ...

Lukin Criticizes the Courts

MOSCOW — Human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin said his efforts to defend citizens’ rights were being hampered by courts that lack independence and that issue poor rulings.

In an interview published Friday in government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Lukin singled out Moscow courts for delaying his work.

“Moscow ...