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Alexei Navalny

Putin Mentions 'World War 3' After Claiming Landslide Election Win Without Facing Serious Competition

In a historic victory, President Vladimir Putin secured an unprecedented win in Russia’s recent election, reinforcing his strong hold on power. This triumph, he stated, validates Moscow’s stance against West.

Mar 18, 2024, 07:57 AM IST

Russian Opposition Leader And Vladimir Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Dies In Prison

Navalny, 47, one of Putin’s most visible and persistent critics, was being held in a jail about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle where he had been sentenced to 19 years under a “special regime”.

Feb 16, 2024, 17:14 PM IST

Navalny poisoning: UK, US impose sanctions on Russian intelligence agents

Britain and the United States imposed sanctions on Friday (August 20) on men they said were Russian intelligence operatives.

Aug 20, 2021, 23:51 PM IST

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny 'at risk of kidney failure', daughter says he needs a doctor

The daughter of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on Russian authorities on Sunday to allow a doctor to treat her father in prison, a day after a group of medical professionals warned he is at risk of kidney failure.

Apr 18, 2021, 21:01 PM IST

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirms he is being held in Russian prison camp

Navalny's precise location had been unknown after his legal team said last week that he had been moved from the nearby Kolchugino jail.

Mar 16, 2021, 15:40 PM IST

United States imposes sanctions on Russia over poisoning of Alexei Navalny

"Russia’s attempt to kill Mr. Navalny follows an alarming pattern of chemical weapons use by Russia," a senior Biden administration official told reporters on a call.

Mar 02, 2021, 23:53 PM IST

Moscow court rejects Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's appeal against jail term

A Moscow court rejected Navalny`s appeal on Saturday, while shortening his original jail term by six weeks. The original term was 3-1/2 years. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin`s most prominent critic, was jailed earlier this month for parole violations that he said were trumped up. Western countries have condemned the case and are discussing possible sanctions on Russia.

Feb 20, 2021, 18:39 PM IST

More than 4,500 held in Russia at protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

Navalny was arrested on January 17 after returning to Moscow from Germany where he had been recovering from a nerve agent poisoning in Russia last summer. He accuses President Vladimir Putin of ordering his murder, which the Kremlin denies. His dramatic return to Moscow despite the obvious threat of arrest and the second straight weekend of protests at his jailing pose a challenge for Putin.

Feb 01, 2021, 00:51 AM IST

Climate activist Greta Thunberg, Russia's Alexei Navalny, WHO among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

According to a Reuters survey of Norwegian lawmakers, nominees include climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the WHO and its COVAX programme to secure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries. Norwegian lawmakers have nominated the eventual laureate every year since 2014, with the exception of 2019.

Jan 31, 2021, 17:03 PM IST

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny lands in Russia, flying home despite arrest threat

It was the first time Navalny has been back home since he was poisoned last summer.

Jan 18, 2021, 00:30 AM IST

Russia opens criminal case against Lyubov Sobol, ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and took her in for questioning early on Friday after raiding her home, Navalny and his supporters said.

Dec 25, 2020, 14:50 PM IST

Alexei Navalny team says nerve agent Novichok was found on water bottle in hotel room

The nerve agent used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detected on an empty water bottle from his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk, suggesting he was poisoned there and not at the airport as first thought, his team said on Thursday.

Sep 17, 2020, 14:43 PM IST

Germany says French, Swedish labs confirm Alexei Navalny's Novichok poisoning

French President Emmanuel Macron`s office said in a statement after holding a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin that Moscow had to explain itself now.

Sep 14, 2020, 22:07 PM IST

Russia clashes with Germany, other West allies at UN over Alexei Navalny poisoning

Russia clashed with Germany and five of its Western allies Thursday over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, with Moscow's ambassador demanding evidence that a Soviet-era nerve agent was responsible and Germany's envoy countering that his country's findings have been handed over to the international chemical weapons watchdog.

Sep 11, 2020, 08:57 AM IST

Russian politician Alexei Navalny's condition improving, police guard stepped up: German media

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, and is able to speak again, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday.

Sep 10, 2020, 14:11 PM IST