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Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday. Volkov was attacked in March outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he lives in exile. The attacker smashed one of his car’s windows, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and hit him with a hammer, police said at the time. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced the arrests to reporters in Vilnius and thanked Poland for its work. He said the suspects would be handed over to Li...
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Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, have been spray-painted onto a property owned by a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument honouring Soviet soldiers in Vienna. Completed on Wednesday (27 March) by Austrian graffiti duo Joel Gamnou, the portraits cover the wall situated behind the monument, which had previously been painted in the blue and yellow national colours of Ukraine following Russia's invasion in 2022. "It’s nice to give a political statement behind a memorial, to choose the flag of Ukraine, and in addition to that Navalny, who always u...
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EU countries will impose sanctions on 30 Russian officials over the death of leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to the bloc's foreign policy chief. "We agreed to sanctions on those responsible for the murder of Alexei Navalny," Josep Borrell said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, died in an Arctic prison in February where he was being held in harsh conditions. Officials have said the European Union would follow the United States and Britain in imposing travel bans and asset freezes on prison officials responsible for Nava...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said early on Monday that he supported an idea to release Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the opposition leader died. In his first comments addressing Navalny’s death, Putin said of the dissident’s demise: “It happens. There is nothing you can do about it. It’s life.” The remarks were unusual in that he repeatedly referenced Navalny by his name for the first time in years. They came at a late-night news conference as results poured in from a presidential election Putin won a landslide victory. Early returns showed him leading with over 87...
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Vladimir Putin has won a fifth term as president in a landslide election victory, which had an all but certain outcome. Russia's number one faced no credible opposition candidates, amid a ruthless crackdown on dissent and critical voices. Russian election officials said Putin - who will now serve another six-year term on top of his nearly quarter-century rule - won more than 87% of the vote. Putin claimed Russia's democratic system was more transparent than many in the West, scorning US democracy. The first day of voting was marred by sporadic protests and acts of vandalism, including arson at...
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Thousands gathered in Moscow to say a final farewell to Alexei Navalny on Friday, two weeks after his sudden death in an Arctic prison. As Navalny's parents sat by the open casket, cradling and kissing their son’s face, many chanted slogans against Russian president Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine as they gathered at the church where the opposition figure was laid to rest. There was a heavy police presence at the funeral, which remained relatively peaceful. Here are some of the most powerful photos taken on the day.
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Relatives and supporters of are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral Friday in south-eastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. His supporters say several churches in Moscow refused to hold the service before Navalny’s team got permission from one in the capital’s Maryino district, where he once lived before his 2020 poisoning, treatment in Germany and subsequent arrest on his return to Russia. His mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, spent eight days trying to get authorities to release...
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The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning political oppression in Russia and the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The voting session held in the French city of Strasbourg worked through issues such as the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia, as well as the urgency of strong EU support for Ukraine two years since the Russian invasion began. Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya addressed the European Parliament on Wednesday and implored the 27-nation bloc to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alexei ...
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"If you really want to defeat Putin, you have to become an innovator. You have to stop being boring," Navalnaya said in a speech to lawmakers in Strasbourg. "You cannot hurt Putin with another resolution or another set of sanctions that is no different to the last one," she added. "You cannot defeat him by thinking he is a man of principle who has morals and rules. He is not like that. and Alexei realised that a long time ago. You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster." Her speech, interrupted several times by applause, came less than two weeks after her husband Alexei N...
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Alexei Navalny's spokesperson announced on Wednesday that the funeral for the Russian opposition leader will be held on Friday at a church in Moscow, two weeks after he died in a remote Arctic penal colony. Navalny's body was returned to his mother eight days after his death, according to his spokesperson. The family had trouble finding a location willing to hold the funeral, as many declined to host the service. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said that most venues said they were fully booked, with some "refusing when we mention the surname 'Navalny'" and o...
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