Four thousand died in Russian prisons in 2015 due to poor healthcare system
Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that in the past year, about 4,000 prisoners died in Russian prisons due to the poor healthcare system.
"The mortality rate among the persons kept in detention, remains high. 3,977 people died in 2015. 87% of them died of various diseases, complicated by a poor medical base, slow renewal of equipment and the lack of certain types of medical services," Chaika said, speaking in the Federation Council.
According to him, prisoners living with HIV are …
Nuland: Sanctions against Russia will continue until Minsk Agreements are implemented and Crimea is returned
The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State, Victoria Nuland, has said that sanctions against Russia will continue until the Minsk Agreements are implemented. She stated that Russian sanctions related to the annexation of the Crimea will also continue.
“We have assured the Ukrainian President and the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs of these continuations, which were discussed during a meeting in Hanover with US President …
OSCE confirms four civilian deaths near Donetsk
According to preliminary data from the monitoring mission, the OSCE has confirmed the deaths of four civilians at the Elenovka checkpoint in the Donetsk region last night. This was reported by the UNIAN news agency.
OSCE observers arrived at the Elenovka checkpoint at approximately 10 am in response to media reports about the deaths. The observers then conducted a preliminary analysis which determined that “three vehicles were damaged, four civilians were killed and an unconfirmed number of …
Russian lawyers say there is a new suspect in the Nemtsov murder case
Lawyers of Boris Nemtsov's family appealed to the Investigation Committee of Russia, demanding that seven more alleged suspects be charged with the murder of the Russian opposition politician. They allege that the following participated or had some role in the murder: an officer of the Chechen battalion, Sever Ruslan Geremeyev, his brother, Arthur, and Chechen Senator Suleiman Geremeyev, as well as employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic—Alimbek Delimkhanov, Aslanbek …
Russian Prosecutor General: The release of the Panama Papers was 'coordinated' by the West
Russian Prosecutor General Yuriy Chaika has referred to the release of the Panama Papers as “carefully planned and coordinated by authorities of the western states”. He said this while at the Federation Council of Russia on the 27th of April.
According to Chaika, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office had sent a request to Panamanian authorities to verify the information in the documents. “We are part of an information war and there will be no secrets,” Chaika said.
On the 3rd of April 2016, …