Germany condemns moves to shut Russian NGO, labels it essential to ties

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday he was shocked at moves to shut down Memorial, a Russian human rights group, adding that the group was…

Putin says Russia should look into law that labels some media foreign agents

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that authorities will review a law under which dozens of news outlets and reporters have been labelled as "foreign agents",…