A man carrying a prominently displayed AK-74 assault rifle in crowds of hundreds of people made his way through several kilometers of downtown city streets without being stopped by police, despite pausing to take photographs beside them. A man carrying a prominently displayed AK-74 assault rifle...

The producer of the Kalashnikov assault rifle is looking to acquire the rights to the famous name from the Kalashnikov family with hopes to earn money selling high-tech products and branded merchandise bearing the name. The producer of the Kalashnikov assault rifle is looking to acquire...

... Dobrokhotov and Baronova. The group is known for dispersing gay rallies and for protesting against pop star Madonna's shows in Russia and burning Harry Potter books. Hours later, when Dobrokhotov was leaving a police station where he was held, seven men assaulted him, damaging his ear, he said. "They looked like football fans," he said in an interview, referring to burly and aggressive young men who are often involved in street fights and violence after football matches across the country...

... diplomats in New York described as credible. Syria is one of Russia's top weapons customers. The United States and European Union have suggested that the UN Security Council should impose an arms embargo and other UN sanctions on Syria for its 14-month assault on a pro-democracy opposition determined to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Syria has blamed rebels for thousands of deaths, including the killing of at least 109 people, including dozens of children, in the restive town of Houla on Friday...

... the government to grow more cautious in its actions, or, at the very least, create the impression that it is listening to the people. But is that happening? On Thursday, the Mozhaisky City Court found the Zorin brothers, Anton and Andrei, guilty of assaulting United Russia member Igor Aranson and his son. Andrei Zorin was sentenced to three months in prison, but the judge refused to consider a  video  clearly showing Aranson and his son — both experienced boxers — kicking and beating the Zorin...

... at opposition rallies for evidence of extremism. The Central Bank conducted an unannounced check of bank accounts belonging to Navalny at Vyatka Bank the same 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...

... over the both men, with fresh official inquiries pending into both their activities that supporters say are politically motivated. On Friday, Udaltsov is scheduled to appear in court in Ulyanovsk, where a pro-Kremlin youth activist has accused him of assaulting her during a rally in April. He denies the charges. Navalny’s financing is facing a probe by the FSB and Federal Financial Monitoring Service after a United Russia Duma deputy charged that he might be accepting laundered money sent to...