Slain blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was born in Ukraine's Donbass and was previously sentenced to prison for robbing a bank before fleeing to Russia and joining an anti-Kiev separatist movement.
The European Commission recommends Ukraine, where fighting has entered the 114th day, be formally named a "candidate" for joining the EU, a move that could open up a long path towards joining the bloc.
A similar incident occurred on Saturday with a ventilator that was produced in the same factory.
President Vladimir Putin's changes, which have been approved by both houses of parliament, would overturn a current constitutional ban on him running for president again in 2024, allowing him to potentially stay in power until 2036.
The Wagner Group is Putin's most potent weapon in advancing Russian policy objectives while maintaining plausible deniability.
Two Russians were detained on December 27 on suspicion of plotting attacks during New Year festivities in Saint Petersburg.
Russian opposition is demanding free elections, after authorities disqualified a number of opposition candidates from the upcoming local polls due in September.
The reaction to Russia's alleged assassination attempt in the UK shows that Brexit hasn't broken the UK's global influence, but the response does show that there is little unity within the EU.
Russian President Putin called his US counterpart Trump after what Moscow and the White House said was information from the CIA that helped prevent a terror attack in Russia's second city, St Petersburg.
Russia is struggling to chart a path towards reconciling the Bolshevik Revolution while not glorifying it as a means of political change.
The armed uprising began on October 25, 1917 – which according to the modern-day Gregorian calendar is November 7 – after a shot was fired at the Winter Palace by the Aurora cruiser ship.
Any one who does "significant" business with the 39 firms could find themselves facing sanctions according to the law that President Donald Trump signed in August.
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