Russian Presidential Election 2024: A Sham Election Extends Putin’s Rule Half a dozen cases of vandalism reported on first day of voting Russia has kicked off a three-day presidential election in a highly predictable fashion, with President Vladimir Putin poised to extend his rule for another six years. The election, marred by a ruthless crackdown … Read more
Following the funeral of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in Moscow, several of those who attended were arrested, according to civil rights activists. A man and a woman who had attended Navalny’s funeral last Friday as well as separate memorial events were arrested today, according to the website OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights media organization. … Read more
/nginx/o/2024/03/04/15927928t1h7c8d.jpg "Putin’s Speech on Threats to the West and Nuclear Weapons: Response to Macron and Austin Comments")
The third part of Putin’s speech was devoted to threats to the West, including the use of nuclear weapons. This was the Russian dictator’s response to Macron and Austin’s remarks. “They are going to attack our territory and they are using the best possible forces. But we remember the fate of those who tried to … Read more
/nginx/o/2024/03/02/15924793t1he771.jpg "Russian mourners pay tribute to opposition leader Alexey Navalny at cemetery – thousands gather to chant slogans and lay flowers")
On Saturday, the mothers of Alexey and Yulia Navalny came to the cemetery again. Neither Navalny’s widow Yulia nor their children could attend the funeral on Friday. On Friday, the police allowed people who laid flowers on the grave into the cemetery after the burial. A queue of several thousand people had formed at the … Read more
Associates of the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said today that efforts to hire hearses to transport his body to his funeral in Moscow tomorrow have been blocked by unknown persons. Kira Jarmis, Navalny’s press representative, said in a post on the social networking platform X that unknown persons threatened funeral homes that have … Read more
01 March 2024 at 13:26 The coffin containing the body of opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrived at the Borisovsky cemetery in Moscow on Friday afternoon. This was reported by an ally of the deceased opposition leader. Earlier in the day there was a funeral ceremony in a church. Hundreds of sympathizers had already gathered at … Read more
More than 1,000 people have gathered near the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow to say goodbye to Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, an ally of the Russian dissident, said today. Navalny’s spokesman also said his body was being handed over to his relatives by the mortuary ahead of his funeral. … Read more
The deceased Russian opponent Alexei Navalny. Photo: EFE. The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalnydied in prison days before his exchange for the Chechen Vadim Krasikovcondemned in Germany for the murder of a Georgian citizen, as reported today by the deceased politician’s team. “Navalni should have been released in a few days, since we reached a … Read more
One of the lawyers of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16, 2024, has reportedly been arrested in Moscow. According to Russian media sources, Vasily Dubkov was arrested for “violating public order”. After Navalny’s death, Mr Dubkov accompanied his mother to the Arctic prison colony, where he died on February … Read more
The editor of the Moscow weekly Sobesednik has said he is defending his decision to dedicate the newspaper’s front page to the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, even though most of its pages were confiscated. Sobesednik published a two-page tribute to Navalny on February 20, four days after his death, which included a lengthy … Read more