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Former Warden Of Yaroslavl Prison Detained In High-Profile Investigations  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The former warden of an infamous prison in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, some 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow, has been arrested in high-profile torture ...

Yaroslavl Oblast considers Novaport cooperation for development of Yaroslavl Tunoshna Airport  CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Yaroslavl Oblast Government announced (14-Feb-2019) the development of Yaroslavl Tunoshna Airport was discussed with Novaport. Yaroslavl Oblast Deputy ...

Dinamo Minsk blanked by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in KHL game  Belarus News (BelTA)

HC Dinamo Minsk lost 0-3 (0-0, 0-3, 0-0) to the visiting Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL action on 11 February. The previous showdown between the two teams ...

This Land Not YOUR Land, Bernie Sanders And Never Will Be  Canada Free Press

By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives--February 20, 2019. Cover Story | Comments | Print Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to ...

New video of prisoner abuse in Yaroslavl colony  https://en.crimerussia.com/

According to the Federal Penitentiary *Service* in the Yaroslavl region, a new video recording showing violations on the part of the workers and convicts of the ...

Mother requests missing person status for ex-spy Skripal — niece  TASS

YAROSLAVL, February 19. /TASS/. The mother of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, who vanished from the public eye following the ...

Danish Jehovah's Witness Convicted in Russia of Extremism Appeals Sentence  Sputnik International

YAROSLAVL (Russia) (Sputnik) - The Danish national's lawyer told Sputnik on February 8, a day after Dennis Christensen was sentenced to jail time, that he ...

Feel the Bern: Shirtless Sanders Sings in 1980s Russian Sauna (VIDEO)  Sputnik International

When 30-year-old footage of Vermont's independent senator, Bernie Sanders, singing drunk and shirtless in a sauna complex in the Soviet Union emerged on ...

Besins Healthcare to start production of progesterone in Russia  The Pharma Letter

Bangkok, Thailand-basedBesins Healthcare has officially announced the completion of construction of a new pharmaceutical factory in the Russian Yaroslavl ...

First woman in space MOBBED by journalists chasing finance minister (VIDEO)  RT

Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian MP best known for being the first woman to ever go into space, got a surprise journey of a kind, when a crowd of journalists ...

'There was only one': Rangers pay tribute to fallen friend  New York Post

One member of the 1993-94 New York Rangers was sadly missed at the team's 25th anniversary celebration of the franchise's most recent Stanley Cup ...

DOT issues 13 new tire plant codes in 2018-19  Tire Business

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation issued 13 new DOT plant identification codes in the past year for tire factories worldwide, including six ...

Sanders’ shirtless vodka video from 1988 Soviet trip goes viral  vtdigger.org

A supporter trying to encourage Texas politician Beto O'Rourke to run for president has posted online a 1988 video of Sen. Bernie Sanders, shirtless and singing ...

Local radio station in Russia cancels interview with LGBT activists after threats to editor  Global Voices

Echo of Moscow in Yaroslavl, a local affiliate of Echo of Moscow, Russia's oldest independent radio network, cancelled an interview with LGBT activists after ...

Sergei Skripal's mother files complaint with police  https://en.crimerussia.com/

Earlier, The Sunday Times newspaper reported the deterioration of the GRU ex-Colonel's state of health. The mother of former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, ...

Niece Of Poisoned Russian Ex-Spy Seeks Political Office In Yaroslavl  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The niece of a former Russian spy who was poisoned in Britain earlier this year in what became a major diplomatic incident has said she is running for a seat in ...

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv plane crash: Remembering former Hurricanes center Josef Vasicek | Raleigh  News & Observer

Friday marks seven years since a plane carrying the Russian Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey team crashed during takeoff. Forty-four people died, including former ...

Sixth Russian Prison Guard Arrested In Yaroslavl Torture-Video Case  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A court in Russia has ordered pretrial detention for a sixth prison guard accused of involvement in the severe beating of an inmate in the Yaroslavl region.

Yaroslavl Prison Torture Victim Placed in Solitary Confinement  The Moscow Times

A convict whose violent beating by prison guards was caught on video and led to a mass outcry over prison torture in Russia has been placed in solitary ...

Pro-Beto group leader posts video of shirtless Bernie Sanders 'drunkenly' singing in Soviet Union in 1988  Washington Examiner

A group that is urging Beto O'Rourke to run for president has circulated newly discovered video of Sen. Bernie Sanders during a trip to the Soviet Union in 1988.

Colorado Avalanche prospect report: The playoffs are just around the corner  Mile High Hockey

We're two weeks away from the end of the NCAA regular season and about a month away from the end of CHL regular seasons. The KHL's playoffs actually start ...

Video leaks showing Russian prison guards torturing an inmate in Yaroslavl  Meduza

On Friday, the newspaper Novaya Gazeta published a video recorded by a Federal Penitentiary *Service* employee, showing the torture of inmate Evgeny ...

The former mayor of Yaroslavl says, yes, Russia's prison system is awash in torture and rape  Meduza

Evgeny Urlashov, the former mayor of Yaroslavl now imprisoned on controversial bribery charges, wrote in a letter published on August 3 by the local website ...

Alex Ovechkin's remembrance of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl goes beyond social media  Russian Machine Never Breaks

The relentlessly fun hockey site, hopelessly devoted to the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin. Our goal is to make hockey as fun about as it is to watch.

The order to torture a Russian inmate in Yaroslavl allegedly came from his warden  Meduza

The decision to torture inmate Evgeny Makarov at a prison in Yaroslavl on June 29, 2017, apparently came straight from the top. According to preliminary ...

Russian Whose Prison-Torture Claim Caused Outcry Is Freed, Says He Is 'Damaged'  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A Russian man whose videotaped abuse by prison guards caused a public outcry has been released from prison after serving his nearly seven-year prison term.

Russian outcry over prison brutality video  BBC News

A leaked video showed Russian prison guards viciously beating an inmate in handcuffs.

Russian Authorities Probe Alleged Abuses In Prisons After Torture Video Emerges  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russian federal authorities are cracking down against prison guards and local police in a series of abuse cases after video emerged on social media showing ...

Man Or Machine? Story On 'Robot' At Russian Youth Forum Breaks Down  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russian state TV has come in for ridicule after failing to report that a robot at a high-tech career forum was nothing more than a man in costume.

The Real Russia. Today. The Yaroslavl prison torture scandal, Maria Butina's oligarch 'funder,' and Russia vs. the Lithuanians  Meduza

The Yaroslavl prison torture scandal: a lawyer flees and guards are dismissed/arrested; Konstantin Nikolaev may be Maria Butina's unnamed “funder”; Federal ...

Danish Jehovah's Witness to Appeal Russia Jail Term – Lawyer  Sputnik International

YAROSLAVL (Sputnik) - The Danish national jailed in Russia for being a community leader of the banned Jehovah's Witnesses sect will appeal the sentence, ...

The Real Russia. Today. Torture in Yaroslavl, leaked hypersonic weapons intel, and #FreeMariaButina  Meduza

Journalists publish video showing prison guards torturing an inmate in Yaroslavl; Federal agents investigate the leak of information about Russia's hypersonic ...

Five Russian Prison Guards Sent To Pretrial Jail In Inmate Beating Case  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A court in Russia has ordered two months of pretrial detention for five prison guards suspected of involvement in the severe beating of an inmate.

Russian carbon black producer raises prices - Rubber & Plastics News  RubberNews.com

YAROSLAVL, Russia—Russian carbon black manufacturer JSC Yaroslavskiy Tekhnicheskiy Uglerod (Yaroslavl Carbon Black Plant) is increasing prices on all ...

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers  The Guardian

Ruslan Vakhapov recognised all the prison guards on trial last month for the brutal torture of an inmate in a Yaroslavl prison. They used to be his jailers too.

Riot Reported At Prison In Russia's Saratov Region  Big News Network

Prison officials in Russia say the situation is under control at prison IK-7 in the Saratov region after hundreds of inmates rioted earlier on February 1.

Russia Needs More Prisons For Convicted Police Officers, Official Says  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A top official of Russia's Federal Penitentiary *Service* (FSIN) says the country needs more prisons to hold police officers and other law enforcement agents who ...

Deadly plane crash created Ilya Lyubushkin's NHL opportunity  The Athletic

The plane crash in Russia, seven years ago Friday that took the lives of 37 players, coaches and staff from a Kontinental Hockey League team, opened a path ...

8th defendant in Yaroslavl torture case gets arrested  https://en.crimerussia.com/

22-year-old Ruslan Tsvetkov will remain in custody until September 20. According to the Yaroslavl FSB office, he may be involved in other crimes. The eighth ...

The Week In Russia: The Torture Problem And The Second-Summit Dilemma  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A harrowing video of an inmate's beating shone a bare-bulb spotlight on Russia's prison-torture problem. And a second summit meeting between Donald Trump ...

Skripal mother declared him missing  www.MICEtimes.asia

Skripal mother went to the police. On Tuesday, February 19, the police were sent statements with the requirement to recognize missing Sergei Skripal and his ...

Nationwide Inspection Finds Dozens of Prison Abuse Cases in Russia  The Moscow Times

Russia's prison *service* has uncovered dozens of abuse cases behind bars after a leaked video showing a prisoner being tortured by guards prompted a ...

The lawyer who leaked a video showing prison torture flees Russia after disgruntled guards come after her with threats  Meduza

Irina Biryukova, the lawyer working for the human rights group “Public Verdict” who turned over prison torture footage to Novaya Gazeta last week, has fled ...

Boris Nemtsov's old party is about to lose its last seat in Russian politics  Meduza

Parnas” (the People's Freedom Party) was built on the foundation of one of Russia's oldest liberal political parties: the Republican Party of Russia. In the 1990s ...

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: The team that disappeared  Sportsnet.ca

How a plane crash in Russia shattered the lives of people from across the globe and shook the hockey world. AT 4:05 IN THE AFTERNOON all but one of the ...

Russian prison system to investigate brutality cases following Yaroslavl scandal  TASS

The Federal Penitentiary *Service* will set up commissions across Russia to carry out checks into cases of brutality against inmates after a beating scandal at a ...

No Legislative Seat For Poisoned Spy Skripal's Niece In Russian Regional Vote  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Viktoria Skripal, a close relative of the father and daughter who were poisoned with a Soviet-designed nerve agent in England, has failed to win a seat in a ...

Russian Inmates On Hunger Strike, Official Apologizes For Beating  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A group of inmates in a Russian prison where a convict who was severely beaten by guards at another penitentiary is now serving his term have started a ...

The Low Price of Torture in Russia  OCCRP

Torture is widespread in police cells and prisons across Russia. A new analysis of court rulings shows what the perpetrators pay — if they pay at all. Credit: Edin ...

Allegations Of 'Systematic' Torture At Russian Prison Under Investigation  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A rights group in Russia says that authorities are investigating allegations of "systematic" beatings and torture at a second prison in the Yaroslavl region.

Fighting for Iowa Voters, Bernie Sanders Leads in Yaroslavl  Wall Street Journal

A trip to the Soviet Union in 1988 gave rise in Yaroslavl to a small but ardent Russian outpost of enthusiastic Bernie Sanders fans.

New case over beating of prisoner Yevgeny Makarov in Yaroslavl colony initiated  https://en.crimerussia.com/

This time, a criminal case was initiated over the beating of the prisoner after transferring of the prisoner from IK-1 to IK-8 in December 2017. A new criminal case ...

Belarus interested in expanding manufacturing cooperation with Russia's Yaroslavl Oblast  Belarus News (BelTA)

According to Andrei Kobyakov, manufacturing cooperation between Belarus and Yaroslavl Oblast can be much broader and deeper. At present engines made in ...

Blackhawks prospect Artur Kayumov punches KHL referee  Second City Hockey

Blackhawks prospect Artur Kayumov will likely face a suspension by the KHL after delivering a hit to the head to an opposing player and punching a referee in ...

Putin says presidency is open to anyone who is willing to dedicate his life to this duty  TASS

YAROSLAVL, December 13. /TASS/. Anyone can take the helm of a country if they dedicate their entire life to this cause, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at ...

Another side of Yaroslavl: Where locals dine, drink and relax  Russia Beyond the Headlines

Learn how to find a secret hookah parlor, what to expect at a chic restaurant with a dress code and where to try dishes baked in a traditional Russian oven.

UPDATE 1-One worker dies in fire at Russia's Yaroslavl oil refinery  Reuters

(Updates with report of a death, adds detail). MOSCOW, Nov 1 (Reuters) - One worker has died and another was injured when a crude oil distillation unit at an ...

Cargo train derails in Russia but keeps going WITHOUT tracks (VIDEO)  RT

Do trains always need tracks? Apparently not in Russia, where a heavy cargo train continued its journey despite being derailed. The stunning moment was ...

Russian Authorities Probe Alleged Abuse In Psychiatric Clinic  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Authorities in Russia's Chelyabinsk region have launched separate investigations into the alleged "mistreatment" of an elderly patient at a psychiatric clinic.

ICR denies arrest of Yaroslavl IK-1 employee due to video of torture  https://en.crimerussia.com/

Yesterday, the human rights fund Obshchestvennyj Verdict ('Public Verdict') reported the detention of one of the participants of the Yaroslavl IK-1 torture video by ...

Russia Arrests Five Alleged Islamic State Militants Said To Be Planning Attacks  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russia's Federal Security *Service* (FSB) says it has detained five members of an alleged Islamic State cell planning attacks in several regions, and seized an ...

Two Russian Prison Guards Detained In Torture-Video Case  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Two Russian prison guards have been detained in an alleged torture case at a notorious penal colony in the city of Yaroslavl.

Former Yaroslavl mayor sentenced to 12.5 years imprisonment for bribes  Russia Beyond the Headlines

Yevgeny Urlashov, former mayor of the city of Yaroslavl, Central Russia, has been found guilty of taking major bribes and sentenced to 12.5 years in a tight ...

Letter from abroad: Yaroslavl  Cherwell Online

Stop the bus: a Brit is about to not just praise, but celebrate public transport. Maybe it's different in the North, not just because we wash in gravy as I once heard a ...

Russian prison officer detained after inmate death  News24

Russian investigators say they had detained a prison officer for allegedly suffocating an inmate with a cloth.

Prison Guards In Russia Suffer From 'Moral Fatigue,' Official Says  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Amid a continuing debate about the dire conditions in Russian prisons and repeated cases of torture there, a top official from Russia's Federal Penitentiary ...

Outcry in Russia over video of brutal prison torture  ABC News

The video is brutal. It shows guards at a Russian prison colony torturing an inmate. In it around a dozen guards in uniform pin down the prisoner, Yevgeny ...

Company of Prosecutor General Chaika's son is the only garbage disposal operator in Yaroslavl region  https://en.crimerussia.com/

Igor Chaika's company owns a sorting complex on Altufevskoe highway in Moscow and a park of garbage trucks. In 2015, Khartiya won two 42.6-billion-ruble ...

Rights Activist Says 20 Russian Inmates Cut Their Wrists In Protest  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A Russian human rights activist says 20 inmates at Russia's notorious Vladimir Central jail have slashed their wrists to protest their planned transfer to what they ...

Senate reports find millions of social media posts by Russians aimed at helping Trump, GOP  USA TODAY

The Senate released a pair of reports that say Russia engaged in an all-out social media campaign on Donald Trump's behalf.

Takeda to invest up to $10 million in new Russian production facility  The Pharma Letter

Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4502) plans to invest up to $10 million in the establishment of production of an innovative orphan drug for ...

Blackhawks Top 25 Under 25 for 2018: Artur Kayumov at No. 15  Second City Hockey

The Russian forward is poised for a breakout season in the KHL.

Slavneft commissions new unit at Yaroslavl refinery  Oil & Gas Journal

OAO NGK Slavneft subsidiary JSC Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (Slavneft-Yanos) has started a new unit for production of group III base oils at its 15 ...

Dolphins predict Russia win over Croatia in World Cup  Reuters UK

Dolphins in the Russian city of Yaroslavl predicted on Thursday the hosts would win their World Cup quarter-final against Croatia 3-1 and move into the last four ...

The Kremlin's Final Warning: Why Yaroslavl's Ex-Mayor Is Serving 12.5 Years in Jail  The Moscow Times

Yevgeny Urlashov, the one-time mayor of Yaroslavl, yelled as he was pulled from the court room. “This is a political set-up,” he shouted. “All revolutionaries were ...

2019 NHL Draft: Fisher's Top 217 for February  The Hockey Writers

The CHL Top Prospects Game was the highlight of the January scouting schedule and some standout performances at that showcase impacted my February ...

Two Inmates Found Dead In Siberian Prison Where Guards Were Accused Of Torture  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Two inmates have been found dead in a penal colony in Russia's Siberian region of Zabaikalye, where guards have been previously accused of torturing ...

Yaroslavl: Jewel of the Volga  Russia and India Report

The ancient city of Yaroslavl is famous for its ornate churches and tree-lined riverfront. Join RIR on a small tour of the capital of Russia's golden ring.

Skripal Cousin Says She Doesn’t Trust Britain on Chemical Attack  The New York Times

YAROSLAVL, Russia — A 45-year-old Russian accountant and relative of the two Russians poisoned in a nerve agent attack in Britain last month said in an ...

The Real Russia. Today. Fining Google for refusing to work with Russia's censor, Sechin has words for the Americans, and Ole Two-Face Kadyrov  Meduza

Russia's federal censor faces a fine as high as 700,000 rubles ($10,675) for refusing to connect to the government's system for blocking banned websites from ...

Rostov Kremlin museum seeks to solve art forgery in dialogue with US, Greek museums  TASS

MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. The Rostov Kremlin state museum preserve in Rostov Veliky, Russia's Yaroslavl region, seeks to return two original paintings ...

Defendant In Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Plane Crash Sentenced To Prison, Amnestied  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The only defendant in the case involving the 2011 crash of a plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey team has been sentenced to prison and ...

Line station for Boeings to open at Yaroslavl airport  www.rusaviainsider.com

A line maintenance station for Western-built aircraft will be opened at Tunoshna airport serving Yaroslavl, Mikhail Trifonov, deputy director for engineering at ...

New York Rangers free agent David Desharnais Joins KHL's Lokomotiv  Last Word on Hockey

Throughout David Desharnais nine-year NHL career, he played mostly for the Montreal Canadiens and carried brief stints with the Rangers and Edmonton ...

Blackhawks Prospect Suspended For Hit, Punching Referee  The Rink

The KHL announced that Blackhawks draft pick Artur Kayumov has been suspended for 13 games and fined 400000 rubles for his actions in a game on 12/7/18.

Former Canadien David Desharnais is headed to the KHL  Montreal Gazette

Louis Jean of TVA Sports reported that Desharnais will play for the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv team next season.

Former Yaroslavl Mayor Urlashov Jailed for 12 Years  The Moscow Times

The former mayor of Yaroslavl has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison on corruption charges, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.

Russian Opposition Candidates Beaten, Cars Torched Ahead of Elections  The Moscow Times

Members of an opposition party running for office outside Moscow have reportedly been beaten and had their cars torched before regional elections scheduled ...

Cities to Visit in 2018  The Moscow Times

Visit Russian cities that combine their fascinating pasts with a vibrant, delicious, artistic and fun present.

Russia put World Cup stadiums in some surprising places. This is why.  Washington Post

World Cup fans around the globe have turned up and tuned in for 64 exciting soccer games taking place in 11 Russian cities through July 15. There has been ...

Panthers take Grigori Denisenko, skilled Russian forward, with 15th pick in NHL draft  Sun Sentinel

The Florida Panthers make Grigori Denisenko their first-round selection in the NHL draft at No. 15.

Belarusian Musical Theater to take part in Dance Aesthetics festival in Russia's Yaroslavl  Belarus News (BelTA)

The theater's ballet company and symphony orchestra will showcase Piotr Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and Gelsyat Shaidulova's Cleopatra.

Niece of 'Novichok' victim writing book about their family  TASS

YAROSLAVL, November 14. /TASS/. Viktoria Skripal, the niece of former GRU Colonel Sergey Skripal, is writing a book about their family and how it has been ...

Yaroslavl airport to have own international airline  www.rusaviainsider.com

A new airline, provisionally known as Yaroslaviya, is to be established on the premises of Yaroslavl Tunoshna airport, TASS news agency reports, quoting ...

Private capital needed to revive Russian space industry, Roscosmos chief says  TASS

Russian space industry needs to switch to serial-produced satellites, according to Dmitry Rogozin.

Yaroslavl Plane Crash Raises Old Safety Issues  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The crash of the Yakovlev-42 passenger plane on September 7 near the city of Yaroslavl is the fourth in a series of plane crashes in Russia this year, earning the ...

Grigori Denisenko Scouting Report: 2018 NHL Draft #19  Last Word on Hockey

Playing his hockey for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's MHL team, Grigori Denisenko has put up nine goals and 22 points in 31 games this season. He added three goals ...

A Year After Tragedy, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Is Playing Again -- And Thriving  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

In September 2011, the entire squad of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team was killed in a plane crash en route to their season opener. This year, Lokomotiv is ...

Siberian Prison Guards Accused Of Torturing Inmates  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A Russian nongovernmental rights group says it has filed an official complaint over the alleged torture of inmates at a penal colony in the Siberian region of ...

Alleged killer of Burger King general manager used someone else's photo to find fellow travelers  https://en.crimerussia.com/

There was a photo of a Kostroma man who had nothing to do with the incident in the BlaBlaCar account of the alleged criminal. The man that was Irina ...