US and EU pile new sanctions on Russia Russia The United States and the European Union have heaped new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation for the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week in an Arctic penal colony. The US government imposed roughly 600 new sanctions on Russia and [...]
Bill Browder: How the UK should punish Putin for Navalny’s death Navalny The UK government must confiscate Russian central bank assets and do “everything in its power” to force the release of imprisoned British-Russian campaigner Vladimir Kara-Murza following the death of Alexei Navalny, one of Putin’s fiercest critics has claimed.
Russia launches criminal probe into two allies of Kremlin critic Navalny Russia launches criminal probe into two allies of Kremlin critic Navalny Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation into two top allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, for raising money for his political network – which has been labelled extremist. Allies Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov, who have already been exiled from the country, are at the centre of the investigation which was opened after a [...]
Kremlin critic Navalny returns to prison after hunger strike hospital recovery June 7, 2021 Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in February, has been returned to prison after recovering from a hunger strike at a hospital in a different prison. The opposition politician had declared a hunger strike in late March in a bid for better medical care in prison after experiencing acute leg and [...]
Missing doctor who treated Kremlin critic Navalny found after three-day search May 10, 2021 A Siberian doctor who treated poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny reappeared today after being reported missing while on a hunting trip, Russian news agencies have said. A search was launched in forests 1,370 miles east of Moscow, after Alexander Murakhovsky left a hunting base in an all-terrain vehicle on Friday. Murakhovsky left the forest himself [...]
Navalny allies arrested as Russia braces for nationwide protests April 21, 2021 Two of Alexei Navalny’s closest allies were arrested on Wednesday at the start of a planned day of mass protests in support of the jailed Kremlin critic. Lyubov Sobol, one of the faces of Navalny’s popular YouTube channel, and Kira Yarmysh, his spokeswoman, were both detained in Moscow, according to their lawyers. Navalny, Russia’s leading [...]
Russia anxiously awaits Navalny’s fate as life hangs in the balance April 20, 2021 Tension is building in Russia after jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was transferred to a prison hospital amid concerns that he is dangerously ill following a three-week hunger strike. Navalny’s transfer came after his doctors warned at the weekend that he was in danger of a heart attack or kidney failure. The Russian opposition leader’s [...]
Alexei Navalny: Destination unknown as Putin makes opponent disappear February 25, 2021 Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been moved to an undisclosed detention centre outside Moscow, his lawyer and a member of a rights organisation said this evening. One of his lawyers, Vadim Kobzev, said on Twitter that Navalny was transferred to a prison camp but it was not clear which one or where. Navalny, a [...]
EU ministers agree to sanction Russian officials responsible for Navalny imprisonment February 22, 2021 The EU agreed this evening to sanction Russian officials directly responsible for jailing opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia, according to German foreign minister Heiko Mass. Today’s agreement came after France, Germany, Poland and the Baltic countries had urged the bloc to confront the Kremlin. Mass told reporters that “the EU will not be silent. [...]
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses appeal against jail term February 20, 2021 Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny lost his appeal against what he said was a politically motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years. Navalny, who is one of President Putin’s fiercest critics, said his faith in God and belief in the rightness of his cause was sustaining him. Navalny was jailed earlier this month for [...]