Russia claims Navalny’s health is ‘stable’ after his lawyers said his condition was deteriorating

Alexei Navalny is in ‘great pain’ inside notorious Russian jail and believes guards are torturing him by preventing him from sleeping, his lawyers claim after prison officials insisted his health was ‘stable’ Alexei Navalny has been sent to one of Russia’s most notorious prisons  Lawyers for the opposition figure sounded the alarm over his health … Read more

Alexei Navalny’s life is in danger, European Court of Human Rights says

Alexei Navalny’s life is in danger and he must be released from prison immediately, European Court of Human Rights demands European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to release Alexei Navalny  The court ruled that the opposition leader’s life was at risk  Earlier this month, Moscow court sentenced Navalny to over two years in prison  … Read more

Thousands of Russians post selfies wearing red tops to show support for Alexei Navalny’s wife

Thousands of Russians have posted selfies wearing red tops to show support for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny‘s wife. Social media users shared the pictures after Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, wore a red jumper in court when her husband was handed his verdict earlier this week. As his sentence was read, Navalny made a heart sign … Read more

Alexei Navalny’s wife arrives at court after her arrest at a rally supporting her husband

The wife of prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny attended court on Monday, a day after she was arrested at a rally in support of her husband.  Yulia Navalnaya was photographed arriving at the Moscow court where she is charged with attending an unauthorised demonstration.  Her lawyer Svetlana Davydova told Russia‘s TASS news agency on Sunday … Read more

Cops search Alexei Navalny’s flat for Covid rules-violation evidence

Russian police are searching the properties of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny today for evidence he breached coronavirus rules by calling for nationwide protests demanding his freedom.    Navalny, 44, was arrested on return to Russia following months of treatment for novichok poisoning in Berlin, which he maintains was an assassination attempt ordered by President Vladimir … Read more

EDWARD LUCAS: Alexi Navalny’s YouTube exposés make him a deadly opponent

Alexei Navalny is Vladimir Putin’s most dangerous foe. Yesterday showed why. Tens of thousands of Russians in scores of cities turned out, even in temperatures below -50C, to protest against their rulers’ greed, lies and thuggery. Kremlin spin doctors dismiss the anti-corruption campaigner as a crook, a Western stooge and an extremist. They mock the … Read more

Belarus leader claims Alexei Navalny’s poisoning was FAKED

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that his security forces had intercepted German calls showing that Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s poisoning had been faked. Lukashenko told visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk on Thursday that the call between Berlin and Warsaw showed that the incident was a ‘falsification’. ‘There was no poisoning of … Read more

Belarus leader Lukashenko claims Alexei Navalny’s poisoning was FAKED

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that his security forces had intercepted German calls showing that Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s poisoning had been faked. Lukashenko told visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk on Thursday that the call between Berlin and Warsaw showed that the incident was a ‘falsification’. ‘There was no poisoning of … Read more