MOSCOW, July 17 - Russian blogger Ilya Remeslo, who criticised President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, has been detained on suspicion of spreading false information about the armed forces, state news agency TASS reported on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MOSCOW, July 13 - Boris Nadezhdin, an anti-war Russian politician who attempted to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 presidential election, said on Monday he had been detained by police, days after being designated a \"foreign agent\" by authorities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.