http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/russia protests Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:05:10 +0200 A year ago they were a little-known Russian girl band, now Pussy Riot has become a symbol of the sometimes radical protest movement in Russia, with two members in jail. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pussy-Riot-Marginals-to-protest-symbol-20130221 Russia is moving to enact legislation that would make it illegal to provide minors with information that is defined as "propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgenderism". http://www.news24.com/World/News/Russia-seeks-nationwide-anti-gay-law-20130121 Russia's top investigative agency has accused the opposition of attending training abroad as part of plans to overthrow the government. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Russian-opposition-had-foreign-aid-20121130 A Russian court has ruled that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church is "extremist" and says it should be removed from websites. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Court-bans-extremist-Pussy-Riot-video-20121129 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says he is not ruling out a return to the Kremlin after his 2008-2012 single term as Russian head of state but is happy working under his mentor Vladimir Putin. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Medvedev-does-not-rule-out-Kremlin-return-20121126 President Vladimir Putin will this year abandon his usual televised phone-in with Russians which has become an annual tradition over the last decade, says his spokesperson. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Putin-to-abandon-annual-phone-in-20121031 Russia says it has given USAid a deadline to halt its work as the US aid agency was meddling in domestic politics, a move that risks sparking a new diplomatic crisis with Washington. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Russia-expels-meddling-USAid-20120919 Russian judge sentences Pussy Riot members to 2 years in prison despite global outrage http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pussy-Riot-members-get-2-years-in-prison-20120817 Feminist punk band Pussy Riot is awaiting sentencing after a Moscow court found the three women guilty of hooliganism after ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pussy-Riot-band-members-await-sentencing-20120817 The dominant Russian Orthodox Church's tough stance against the all-girl punk band Pussy Riot has troubled some faithful and estranged it from the younger generation. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Church-vs-Pussy-Riot-troubles-Russians-20120814 Members of the band Pussy Riot who were charged with hooliganism for staging a "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin are due to deliver final statements on the last day of their trial. http://www.news24.com/World/News/World-support-grows-for-Pussy-Riot-20120808 Prosecutors have ignored rights groups and have called for three-year sentences for the members of a feminist punk band who performed an anti-Vladimir Putin stunt in Moscow's main cathedral. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Prosecutors-ask-for-3-years-in-punk-case-20120807 Russian investigators have charged popular protest leader Alexei Navalny with embezzlement in an old case that may put the vocal critic in jail for 10 years. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Top-Putin-foe-charged-with-embezzlement-20120731 Three women who protested against Vladimir Putin in a "punk prayer" on the altar of Russia's main cathedral have gone on trial. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Anti-Putin-Pussy-Riot-on-trial-20120730 Tens of thousands of protesters chanting "Russia Will be Free" have rallied in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin's third term despite a police crackdown on their leaders. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Tens-of-thousands-march-against-Putin-20120612 Police have uprooted a protest camp in central Moscow amid a widening crackdown on opposition to Putin. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Police-uproot-protest-camp-in-Moscow-20120516 Russian riot police have broken up an Occupy-style protest against President Vladimir Putin, forcing dozens of people out of a central Moscow park and detaining at least 15. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Police-disperse-anti-Putin-sit-in-20120516 Moscow police have arrested two dozen people after the Russian opposition staged an unusual night-time sit-in close to the Kremlin against newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Arrests-in-new-anti-Putin-demonstrations-20120508 Russian politician Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a third term as Russia's president, as the former KGB spy cements his control over the world's largest country. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Russia-Putin-sworn-in-for-third-term-20120507 President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that Russia had become a freer nation during his four-year term, citing the mass protests of recent months as evidence of change. http://www.news24.com/World/News/I-made-Russia-a-freer-country-Medvedev-20120426