Free Republic

Russia's two most senior lawmakers on Sunday addressed a string of complaints about Russia's mobilisation drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation and swiftly solve the "excesses" that have stoked public anger. President Vladimir Putin's move to order Russia's first military mobilisation since World War Two triggered protests across the country and seen flocks of military-age men flee, causing tailbacks at borders and flights to sell out. Multiple reports have also documented how people with no military service have been issued draft papers - contrary to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's guarantee that only those with special...

MOSCOW, March 21. /ITAR-TASS/. Federation Council upper house of Russian Parliament has unanimously ratified the interstate treaty on reunification of the Republic of Crimea with the Russian Federation and formation of new constituent entities in the Russian Federation on Friday. 155 members of the upper house of Parliament voted for ratification of the document. Parliamentarians after the vote State Duma adopts documents on Crimea’s joining the Russian Federation March 20, the Russian State Duma adopted in first reading and a whole the federal constitutional law on Crimea’s admission to the Russian Federation and on creating new sub-federal entities — the...

MOSCOW, March 18, 23:35 /ITAR-TASS/. Flags of Crimea and of Sevastopol will be hung on the premises of the Federation Council on Monday, March 24, Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said on Tuesday at the meeting with a delegation of Crimea and Sevastopol. “Two more flags will be added to a row of flags [on the ground floor of the Federation Council premises] on Monday,” Matviyenko said. Flags of all entities of the Russian Federation are hung on the ground floor of the building in which the Federation Council is located. Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir...