The Moscow regional court sentenced a resident of the city of Serpukhov, Aleksandr Syomin, to 24 years in prison in a high-profile case over the molestation and murder of a 5-year-old Tajik girl in 2018.
A former Bulgarian lawmaker accused of spying for Russia and sanctioned by the United States for corruption has been elected head of the International Movement of Russophiles (MDR) a group backed by Russia's Foreign Ministry purporting to gather members from 40 countries.
A 22-year-old resident of the town of Lukhovitsy near Moscow has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a local military enlistment center in late February last year.
U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier said on March 15 that a proposal by the European Union on the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia marks "significant" progress and that a comprehensive agreement appears within reach.