The Ministry of Justice has introduced an amendment that would control which non-profit organizations would be allowed to use "Russia" in their titles.

The widow of slain Ingush oppositionist Maksharip Aushev has been hospitalized after an assassination attempt that killed her mother and brother, and hospitalized a second brother.

A Russian legislator has proposed a measure that would ban the use of profanity throughout the country.

According to a new poll, the idea of a "Russia for the Russians" is increasingly polarizing Russian society in a time of increased concern over immigration and rising nationalism.

The newspaper Izvestia has been issued a warning from the Moscow city prosecutor for publishing "extremist" material in an article by United Russia member Sergei Markov.

Russia is reportedly planning to pay the diminutive island nation of Nauru tens of millions of dollars in aid for it to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

The opposition political movement Solidarity marked its first anniversary on Sunday during a session to discuss its successes over the past year and plans for the future.

Activists marked the sixteenth anniversary of Russia's constitution throughout Moscow on Saturday, holding mock funerals and demanding the government to obey the nation's governing document.

An Ingush court has ruled that the murder of oppositionist Magomed Yevloyev was caused by a police officer's "carelessness." Relatives and human rights groups insist that the murder was premeditated and plan to appeal to the European Court of Human

In a recent interview with Yezhednevny Zhurnal, Kasparov discusses the goals of Russia's united political opposition, the importance of Russia's integration into Europe, and the futility of Medvedev's plans for modernization. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org

The Federation Council of Russia is set to give President Medvedev increased personal authority to deploy troops abroad; namely, in its own defense, in the defense of citizens abroad, and to fight pirates.

Officials from the Internal Ministry's notorious Center "E" stormed two apartments belonging to members of the banned National Bolshevik Party in Moscow on Wednesday.

The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General has filed charges against a man who attacked a police officer with a crossbow and was carrying identification as an employee of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

Tauzela Dzeitova, the main witness to the murder of Ingush opposition activist Maksharip Aushev, died on Sunday without having sufficiently recovered to speak with investigators.

Father Vitaly Zubkov was beaten by three men on his way to an evening service on Saturday. He believes the incident was connected to the recent murder of his close friend, Father Daniil Sysoev.

A police captain has been found dead outside of a cathedral in Moscow, allegedly having shot himself in the head, marking at least the fifth police suicide in Russia in under three weeks.

In a four hour live broadcast on Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fielded questions from "ordinary Russians" on a wide variety of topics, including his possible aspirations to run for a third term as president.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accused two Russian researchers banned from entering Georgia of working for Russian security services.

An Astrakhan regional leader of the Other Russia has been sentenced to three days in jail for alleged non-payment of a fine for organizing a series of rallies in defense of the freedom of assembly.

A leader of the regional youth branch of Yabloko has been expelled from Omsk State University in spite of his high grade point average. Oppositionists in the area believe the expulsion to be politically motivated.