Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov fired a top official for his wife's participation in a street fight with members of youth group Nashi over the way she had parked her car. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov fired a top official for his wife's participation in a street fight with members of youth group Nashi over the way she had parked her car. Madina Mingayeva, wife of deputy presidential...

The founder of pro-Kremlin youth organization Nashi said he was joking when he claimed to have funded a liberal-leaning news site, saying his humor was mistaken as a serious comment. The founder of pro-Kremlin youth organization Nashi said he was joking when he claimed to have funded a liberal-leaning...

Police have opened a criminal case in connection with a brawl between members of pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi and the family of a Chechen government official over the official's wife's parked car, after a video of the fight went viral online. Police have opened a criminal case in connection with a brawl between members of pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi...

Vasily Yakemenko, the founder of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, announced plans Monday to create a new political party designed to attract the young, disaffected, middle-class voters who were drawn to the opposition protests. Vasily Yakemenko, the founder of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, announced plans...

... aviation and space show, which is currently held on nearby Ramenskoye airfield. The protests against cutting down the forest, which were initiated by locals and supported by opposition groups, have drawn the attention of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, which also started its own campaign to save the forest. Activist Tikhon Chumakov had earlier called on all groups “regardless of political orientation” to file a court case against the city administration. While Nashi’s involvement...

... Tuesday that the government has financed a liberal-leaning news outlet founded by Ilya Varlamov, one of the country's most popular bloggers. The claim by Vasily Yakemenko, a staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin and the founder of the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth group, casts a dark cloud over the Ridus news site, which Varlamov has touted as an independent news source of "civic journalism." Varlamov, who recently called off a shortlived bid to run for Omsk mayor, said he would leave Ridus...

... month. Furthermore, opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov is currently facing charges that he assaulted a female journalist linked to the pro-Kremlin youth group Young Russia. Kostunov, 31, a first-term deputy, is also a former activist with the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth group. Navalny spokeswoman Anna Veduta dismissed the request as a provocation. "Go read the Nashi e-mails," she said, referring to e-mails allegedly hacked from Nashi spokeswoman Kristina Potupchik's account and posted online last...

... Games. This would not be the first time Yakemenko has been the subject of a ban. In 2010, Estonia barred him from entering the EU's Schengen visa zone, placing him on a blacklist for his work as founder and former leader of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi. In 2007, Nashi activists targeted Estonia for relocating a World War II memorial from central Tallinn to a nearby military cemetery. The Telegraph said Khodorkovsky's move was timed to coincide with the visit of British Foreign Secretary William...

... Zhukovsky have also penned a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, urging him to take the National Aviation Center development under his supervision. Kachnov noted that the protest had been joined by members of the pro-Kremlin youth group, Nashi, even blaming city officials for corruption. “This means that the city administration will leave,” he said, referring to the fact that Nashi often acts on orders from the Kremlin. Zhukovsky resident and former aviation industry engineer...

..., at Chistoprudny Bulvar, where demonstrators had gathered Monday afternoon, is now largely empty of protesters, Interfax reported. Those who remain are mostly police and journalists, the news agency said. A group from pro-Kremlin youth organization Nashi who were in the area have left. 6:01 p.m., Street Demonstrators Arrested ‘At Random’: Police continue to detain opposition demonstrators who have congregated at a pedestrian area on Chistaprudny Bulvar, apparently without cause. Police...

... realize that there were theatrical events scheduled and the closer Partisan Theater comes to the protesters, the more the latter grow concerned. Is this a provocation? Are these skinheads or thugs? Are these representatives of pro-Putin youth group Nashi? A visibly concerned protester hurries around instructing people to ignore the antagonistic people in black and get back to singing and chatting aimlessly. Photographers, of which there are swarms, horde around Grudovich and his actors, laughing...

... office were the result of a simple request. "I just asked to shoot there!" For many, however, the smoking gun was the online appearance of an e-mail exchange, purportedly between Varlamov and Kristina Potupchik, spokeswoman for the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth group, that appears to show Varlamov accepting 400,000 rubles ($13,600) for writing blog posts flattering to the Kremlin. Varlamov has variously refused to discuss the allegations or denied them, fueling speculation that his Omsk candidacy...

... there were theatrical events scheduled for this day. The closer Partisan Theater comes to the protesters, the more the latter grow concerned. Is this a provocation? Are these skinheads or thugs? Are these representatives of the pro-Putin youth group Nashi? A visibly concerned protester hurries around instructing people to ignore the antagonistic people in black and get back to singing songs and chatting aimlessly. Photographers, of which there are swarms, horde around Grudovich and his actors, laughing...