Opposition Join Hands in Anti-Putin Protest
27 February 2012 | Issue 4831
Thousands of people formed a human chain around the center of Moscow on Sunday as the opposition upped its campaign for honest elections just a week before the presidential vote.
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Former Kremlin foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko has been appointed as a deputy prime minister and government chief of staff, filling positions vacated with the resignation of Vladislav Surkov.
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A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida after he suddenly turned violent, the FBI said.
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The Kremlin orders a boost to soft power initiatives to help give the country's image a more positive spin abroad.
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Suspected militants targeted this week in a deadly raid outside Moscow as they purportedly plotted an attack on the city received training in the troublesome border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Despite his best efforts, McDonald's Russia founder George Cohon did not manage to have his golden arches planted on Russian soil in time for the 1980s Olympic Games in Moscow, but his company will get a triumphant welcome in Sochi as the event's official restaurant.
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In an attempt to squash media reports and assure investors, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Tuesday that he had no plans to leave government and intended to help guide the country's economic course at least until the next presidential election in 2018.
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