Russian police are searching the properties of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny today for evidence he breached coronavirus rules by calling for nationwide protests demanding his freedom. Navalny, 44, was arrested on return to Russia following months of treatment for novichok poisoning in Berlin, which he maintains was ordered by President Vladimir Putin. After his … Read more
Biden demands ‘unconditional release’ of Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny after Putin crackdown on protests White House press secretary Jen Psaki called for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of Navalny Russian authorities arrested more than 3,000 over the weekend Many turned out in bitterly cold conditions Navlany facing 30-day jail sentence after being poisoned in August … Read more
Vladimir Putin has denied that a palace on the Black Sea belongs to him, after arch-rival Alexei Navalny accused him of owning it in an anti-corruption investigation. ‘Nothing that is listed there as my property belongs to me or my close relatives, and never did,’ Putin said during a video call with students on Monday. … Read more
The spokeswoman of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was jailed for nine days today to stop her from attending further protests as the Kremlin’s free-speech crackdown extends to the country’s young people. The imprisonment of Kira Yarmysh today for multiple counts of organising a rally comes before pro-democracy Russians are due to take to the … Read more
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo leads world condemnation of Kremlin for arresting Alexei Navalny – but Moscow hits back telling Americans: ‘Deal with problems in your own country’ By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline and Wires Published: 02:42 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 02:47 GMT, 18 January 2021 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo led … Read more
Alexei Navalny has boarded a plane bound for Moscow, despite Russian authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin‘s most prominent critics, was flown to Berlin in August for emergency medical treatment after being poisoned with what German tests showed was a Novichok nerve agent. … Read more
Kremlin tells opposition leader Alexei Navalny that he is breaching terms of a suspended prison sentence by staying in Germany to be treated for novichok poisoning – and demands he return to Moscow immediately or face jail The prominent Putin critic has been in Germany since his poisoning Russia’s prison service said he must return … Read more
‘Vladimir Putin’s chef’ is given travel ban as senior Kremlin officials are hit with sanctions by Britain and the EU after Alexei Navalny poisoning ‘Putin’s chef’ Yevgeniy Prigozhin has been hit with sanctions by Britain and EU Prigozhin was sanctioned over ‘significant foreign mercenary activity’ in Libya Six other Russians with links to Alexei Navalny’s poisoning … Read more
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has shown his shaking hands as he continues to recover from a suspected novichok poisoning in August. Navalny made the comments during his first video appearance since being discharged from a Berlin hospital, recorded just six days after he was released. ‘My hands shake. If I were to drink water from … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has alleged that Vladimir Putin was behind the poison plot which left him fighting for his life. Pointing the finger directly at the Russian president for the first time, Navalny told German magazine Der Spiegel that ‘Putin is behind the crime and I don’t have any other versions of what … Read more