MOSCOW( Reuters)-One of Russia's largest book publishers and the country's biggest bookstore chain said on Friday they were dropping two prominent Russian writers over their pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian comments. Both authors made the comments in phone calls with people who they thought were senior Ukrainian officials.... In reality, those were Russian video bloggers and comedians who have made a career out of publicly embarrassing the Kremlin's foes. Author Dmitry Bykov, in particular, said

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} Friends of Alexei Navalny have accused Vladimir Putin of ‘murder‘ after the opposition leader’s death-and claim Russian authorities will do everything they can to ‘cover it up’.... Russia’s most prominent Putin critic collapsed and died on Friday after a walk at the" Polar Wolf" Arctic penal co