As anti-Kremlin protests ended a fourth straight day Wednesday, demonstrators seemed to have proven that public anger is high enough to draw crowds onto the street regardless of the weather, the time of day or night, and police...

A day after the first violent clashes between police and demonstrators since rallies began in December, central Moscow on Monday became the focal point of a game of cat-and-mouse as protesters gathered in flash mobs across boulevards and down side streets to show their force and anger. Video of police on Monday raiding the cafe Jean-Jacques, a hangout for liberals and journalists on Nikitsky Bulvar. A day after the first violent...

Protesters have stuck out another night in a mobile camp at Chistiye Prudy, where they fought off an attempt to leave them without toilets and began settling into normal routines of exercise and cleaning, despite authorities stating they would clear the...

A senior city official denied Monday that plans were afoot to close an opposition protest camp on Chistiye Prudy, now in its sixth day. A senior city official denied Monday that plans were afoot to close an opposition protest camp on Chistiye Prudy, now in its sixth day. “The event on Chistiye Prudy is still technically a...

A long day of wandering Moscow's streets for a place to protest turned into an even longer night as hundreds of demonstrators led by anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny and leftist activist Sergei Udaltsov attempted to kick-start a nonstop protest. Protesters Play Cat-and-Mouse With Police, Scores Detained...

In a blow to the anti-government rallies, the State Duma is moving to introduce exorbitant penalties for protesters who defy the authorities. In a blow to the anti-government rallies, the State Duma is moving to introduce exorbitant penalties for protesters who defy the authorities. Courts could slap up to 900,000 rubles ($30,000) in fines on regular...

A week after bloody clashes between radical youths and riot police tarnished the first major protest rally in months, the moderate middle-class opposition appeared to re-assert itself Sunday with an unexpectedly large march of thousands led by some of Russia's most prominent writers. A week after bloody clashes...

Socialite and opposition figure Kseniya Sobchak has accused a woman of falsely claiming to be a fed-up resident of the Chistiye Prudy neighborhood where protesters have spent several days in an interview with state-owned television station Channel One. Socialite and opposition figure Kseniya Sobchak has accused a woman of falsely claiming to be a fed-up resident of the Chistiye Prudy neighborhood where...

At a long-planned opposition event Sunday that drew unexpectedly large crowds, demonstrators who gathered to protest Vladimir Putin's imminent inauguration as president clashed with riot police in the first major opposition protest to involve violence . Photo Gallery: Protesters and Police Clash at 'March of Millions' Archived Live Blog: 'March of Millions'...

Continued protests in Russia will likely lead to violence or chaotic change, according to a new study ordered by the former finance minister. Continued protests in Russia will likely lead to a violent backlash or chaotic changes in the government, according to...

In a close vote, State Duma deputies on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a bill that would sharply increase fines on protesters who participate in illegal rallies, even as police detained opposition activists for protesting the legislation outside. In a close vote, State Duma deputies on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a bill that would sharply increase...

A religiously themed art exhibition organized in Krasnodar by a prominent patron of the arts has sparked a flurry of protest from activists and even a fake bomb threat, despite being supported by a senior Russian Orthodox Church official. A religiously themed art exhibition organized in Krasnodar by a prominent patron of the arts has sparked a...

(VIDEO) The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case Friday against a police officer after a video surfaced showing him kicking a reportedly pregnant female protester in Sunday's March of a Million protest event. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case Friday against a police officer after a video surfaced showing him kicking a reportedly pregnant female protester in Sunday's March of a Million...

... the Kremlin on Monday. Opposition demonstrators gathered blocks away on Nikitsky Bulvar and Tverskoi Bulvar, after being blocked from their intended destination of Manezh Square next to the Kremlin. Police detained over 100 demonstrators, while other protesters moved to different locations around the city chanting slogans and staging sit-ins. 8:15 p.m., Dozens of Arrests Near Presidential Administration Offices: Police have detained dozens of demonstrators who gathered at Staraya Ploshchad near the...

Early Wednesday police ordered opposition protesters camped out on Chistoprudny Bulvar to leave the area, ending a week-long occupation by the demonstrators. Early Wednesday police ordered opposition protesters camped out on Chistoprudny Bulvar to leave the area, ending a week-long occupation...

... overnight from Sunday to Monday at two opposition encampments at Arbat and Kudrinskaya Ploshchad. Around 10 people were arrested at a camp near a statue of poet Bulat Okudzhava on Arbat, according to witnesses, Ekho Moskvy reported Monday. Another 40 protesters were detained by police at Kudrinskaya Ploshchad, art group Voina wrote on its Twitter account early Monday. A few dozen people remained at the site on Arbat on Monday afternoon, while another group of protesters has headed to Kudrinskaya Ploshchad...

As the protest movement continues in Moscow, I really feel sympathy for the one part of the population that has been suffering the most — translators. Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ïðîãóëêà: test stroll As the protest movement continues in Moscow, I really...

... Russians, especially its young post-Communist middle class, into the streets. Soviet-era deference to paternalistic leaders gave way to self-confidence and distrust of established authority. Or did it? Vladimir Putin and his regime, caught off guard by the protests in December and February, were on the verge of panic. But after the presidential election that returned Putin to the Kremlin, the protest wave rapidly subsided. Rallies shrank to one-tenth their previous size. With expectations of immediate success...

Round-the-clock opposition protests drew hundreds of people to the streets over the weekend for another creative stroll, and the police forced the camp to relocate yet again. Round-the-clock anti-Kremlin protests drew hundreds of people to the streets over the weekend for another...

... Muscovite would find it hard to say who Abai Qunanbayuli is and where his statue can be found in the city. But after the opposition occupied the area around his statue at Chistiye Prudy this week, Qunanbayuli has become the symbol of a round-the-clock protest there. Qunanbayuli, whose name reads in the Russian spelling as Kunanbayev, was "a great Kazakh poet," according to a brief inscription on the monument. After the police finally allowed the opposition activists to settle around the monument...