Category Regions

St. Petersburg opposition lawmaker Boris Vishnevsky said Monday that he would step down from the regional legislative assembly to comply with new amendments to Russia’s “foreign agent” law. In May, federal lawmakers passed legislation prohibiting “foreign agents” from running in elections,…

Moscow urged Israel to “immediately” pull its troops out of southern Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli military began what it said were “ground raids” against Hezbollah militants in the area. Israel announced the incursion after a week of intense…