BERLIN — As Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, passed the first checkpoint on her way to the Russian embassy in Berlin to vote in the presidential election, a group of young Russians holding anti-Putin posters yelled out: “Yulia, we are with you! Don’t give up!” Closer to the embassy were … Read more
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A member of the Nicaraguan opposition was shot seven times and in serious condition in Costa Rica, authorities in that country said Thursday. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation department said that 34-year-old Joao Maldonado was shot Wednesday by two attackers aboard a motorcycle while he was driving with his partner near … Read more
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs put exiled Russian tycoon and opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky on its wanted list Tuesday, accusing him of spreading false information about the Russian army, Russian state news agency Tass said. The charge carries a sentence of up to five years in prison, Tass said. A criminal case was opened against … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s authenticity has been questioned by experts after failed strategy in 2023 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s authenticity has been questioned by experts after failed strategy in 2023 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s use of the “victim card” in 2023 has been blamed for their failed Hollywood deals. After the Duke … Read more
Authoritarian campaigns to clamp down on dissent and control the media have driven scores of journalists from countries like Afghanistan, Belarus, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Nicaragua, and Russia into exile. But what is increasingly different today is that the repression of a free press does not stop at the border. Authoritarian governments are in unprecedented ways … Read more
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers… DAILY MIRROR Jadon Sancho has been exiled from all first-team facilities at Manchester United – including the team dining room. Arsenal are stepping up their interest in Ivan Toney ahead of the January transfer window. Arsenal hero Jack Wilshere was full of praise for young … Read more
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2017.SERGEI ILNITSKY/POOL/AFP through Getty Photographs Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was exiled to Belarus final month after staging an armed revolt. However the former Putin ally apparently reappeared in St. Petersburg this week, sparking confusion. A Pentagon official instructed The New York Occasions it seems Prigozhin has largely been in Russia. … Read more