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Russian Journalist Arrested Over Making Videos For Alexei Navalny: Report

April 28, 2024 admin

Other jailed journalists include Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich (Representational) Another Russian journalist has been detained in Russia for “extremism”, accused of making videos for the team of late dissident Alexei Navalny, the Associated Press international news agency said on Sunday. Sergei Karelin, who has worked for the AP, is the second journalist arrested…

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The Hindu Morning Digest – April 28, 2024

April 28, 2024 admin

Centre releases disaster relief funds for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu The Union government has ordered the release of ₹3,730.32 crore towards “relief assistance for natural calamity” from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) weeks after the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka moved the Supreme Court seeking relief funds for calamities such as Cyclone Michaung,…

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U.S. intelligence believes Putin probably didn’t order Navalny to be killed: Report

April 27, 2024 admin

People lay flowers at the grave of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny following his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the…

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Third man detained in bribery case involving Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister

April 26, 2024 admin

“A third man has been detained in a bribery case involving one of Russia’s most senior defence officials,” Moscow’s court service said on April 25. It said businessman Alexander Fomin is suspected of paying bribes to Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, who was detained on April 24, as well as Mr. Ivanov’s associate, Sergei Borodin….

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Russia Sends Journalist To 2-Month Custody For Links To Alexei Navalny Group

March 29, 2024 admin

Alexei Navalny’s team has condemned the case (File) Moscow, Russia: A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on “extremism” charges. Prosecutors say Antonina Kravtsova, a correspondent for the independent SotaVision outlet, participated in an “extremist organisation”, charges which…

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After Navalny’s Death, “Life In Danger,” Says Wife Of Another Putin Critic

March 25, 2024 admin

Vladimir Kara-Murza suffers from a neurological condition. Moscow: The wife of jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday the lives of many political prisoners in Russia, including her husband’s, were at risk in the wake of Alexei Navalny’s death in an Arctic penal colony last month. Kara-Murza, who had condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine…

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Russia sentences Navalny supporters to prison

March 14, 2024 admin

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony last month. File image shows people laying flowers during a gathering. | Photo Credit: AP A Moscow court has sentenced two university students to more than three years in prison for their involvement with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Russia in 2021 outlawed…

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Leonid Volkov, close ally of late Russian Opposition leader Navalny, reportedly attacked in Lithuania’s capital

March 13, 2024 admin

Russia’s Leonid Volkov. File | Photo Credit: AP Late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s long-time aide Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on March 12, former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. “Volkov has just been attacked outside his house. Someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in…

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Putin Critic Exiled Navalny Ally Leonid Volkov Attacked With Hammer In Lithuania

March 12, 2024 admin

Leonid Volkov was a close ally of Alexei Navalny who died last month in February in an Arctic jail. Warsaw: Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was attacked outside his home in Lithuania on Tuesday, independent Russian media outlets and Navalny’s spokeswoman said. “Leonid Volkov has just been attacked…

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Ahead of election, President Vladimir Putin’s programmes occupy most of TV shows in Russia

March 11, 2024 admin

Thousands of Russians braved the cold for hours earlier this month to honour the Opposition politician Alexei Navalny after his funeral. They chanted anti-war slogans and covered his gravesite with so many flowers that it disappeared from view. It was one of the largest displays of defiance against President Vladimir Putin since he invaded Ukraine,…

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