Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is back up and walking after treatment for novichok nerve agent poisoning at Berlin hospital Vladimir Putin’s political opponent shared a photo walking down hospital stairs He can now breathe independently after being taken off a ventilator this week Navalny gave an update on his recovery: ‘This is a clear … Read more
Riot police arrested hundreds of women today in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during a ‘Sparkly March’ protest calling for an end to President Alexander Lukashenko’s rule. Around two thousand women took part in the demonstration, wearing shiny accessories and carrying red-and-white flags of the protest movement. Officers blocked the women and began dragging them … Read more
Look out below! 250 British paratroopers jump into Ukraine in joint exercise with its army in show of force against Putin Around 250 Colchester-based soldiers dropped into the Ternivsky training area Troops parachuted into the country from 600ft from C-130 Hercules transport MoD said it built on strong relationship between Ukraine and UK’s armed forces Tensions … Read more
Instagram and Facebook are DOWN! Thousands of users across the world are experiencing an outage affecting news feeds and logins Instagram and Facebook have gone done across the world, affecting thousands Both seemed Thursday afternoon in the US, Europe, South America and Canada Users say they cannot refresh news feed and others cannot log in … Read more
Instagram is DOWN! Thousands of users across the world are experiencing an outage affecting news feeds and logins Instagram has gone done across the world, affecting thousands The outage appeared around 1:50pm ET in the US, Europe and South America Users say they cannot refresh news feed and others cannot log in at all By … Read more
Divorcee mother who unwittingly dated a paedophile child-killer returns home from work to find her daughters aged 13 and eight knifed to death Valentina Saprunova, 40, began speaking online with Vitaly Molchanov, 41 She uprooted her family to move to the city of Rybinsk with him a month ago She returned home Tuesday to find … Read more
‘Drunk’ mother faces cruelty probe after she tips her baby out of its pushchair when she tries to push it up a skateboard ramp The woman, identified as Olga Zorikova, 38, was recorded in Yefremov, Russia She tipped the pushchair over twice before the little girl somersaulted out Police and social services have now launched … Read more
Belarus’s embattled strongman Alexander Lukashenko mopped his brow under Vladimir Putin‘s gaze today as he flew to Russia to beg for the Kremlin’s support to keep him in power. The man nicknamed the ‘last dictator in Europe’ cut a submissive figure as he pleaded with Putin to back his regime while the bored-looking Russian president … Read more
Two allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly won local parliament seats Monday in the Siberian city of Tomsk where he was allegedly poisoned last month, according to early poll results. Andrei Fateev and Ksenia Fadeeva came out on top in two constituencies, while the ruling United Russia party topped the polls overall in Tomsk … Read more
It’s not always easy to learn local customs as a traveller and for some unlucky jet-setters, attempts at politeness can land them in hot water with the locals. While it would be considered a lovely gesture to pay the bill for everyone in the UK or the US, it’s seen as the height of rudeness … Read more