Allies of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who authorities say died in a remote prison colony on Friday, repeatedly warned officials that his health was deteriorating and had demanded toxicology and other tests for severe pain and multiple seizures. The lawyer and prominent anti-corruption activist was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, in … Read more
As Telegram exploded with the news of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death, his wife, Yuliya Navalnaya was in Germany — about to attend the annual Munich Security Conference surrounded by world leaders and defense officials, and within view of countless television cameras. Navalnaya has generally sought to avoid the spotlight, to shield her two … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a rally in support of political prisoners in Prospekt Sakharova Street in Moscow, Russia on September 29, 2019. Sefa Karacan | Anadolu | Getty Images World leaders and the wife of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny reacted with dismay and suspicion to reports of the Kremlin critic’s death … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his government. “It is obvious that he was killed by Putin,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was visiting Berlin as he sought aid for his … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave RIGA, Latvia — Jailed Russian opposition figures are incommunicado, missing in the country’s opaque and secretive prison system and unreachable by their lawyers or even the court system. A popular, exiled detective novelist has been branded as a terrorist and charged by Russian authorities. Monuments to Soviet … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — The whereabouts of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny remained unknown on Friday, with penitentiary officials reporting that earlier this month he was moved from the region where he was serving time, but still not disclosing where he is, the politician’s allies said. Navalny’s lawyers haven’t seen him since Dec. 6, his … Read more
Imprisoned Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny is because of hear the decision in his newest trial on extremism costs FILE – Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny appears at photographers from behind a glass cage within the Babuskinsky District Court docket in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Navalny as a consequence of hear the decision … Read more