Navalny’s widow calls for Russia election day protests against Putin | News

Navalny’s widow calls for Russia election day protests against Putin | News

Yulia Navalnaya calls presidential election a ‘sham’, urges Russians to register their protest at polling stations. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, has called for people to join mass election day protests against President Vladimir Putin. In a video on YouTube, Navalnaya on Wednesday urged Russians…

ICC seeks arrest of Russian officers over infrastructure attacks in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

ICC seeks arrest of Russian officers over infrastructure attacks in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

It is the second time the court has announced arrest warrants for Russian officials in relation to the war in Ukraine. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for high-ranking Russian commanders Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, it said in a statement….

Russia accuses Western ambassadors of meddling in internal affairs | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia accuses Western ambassadors of meddling in internal affairs | Russia-Ukraine war News

Moscow hit out at envoys claiming they refused to meet with foreign minister, as relations continue to deteriorate. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Western ambassadors in Moscow of meddling in its internal affairs and questioned their function. The statement on Tuesday followed complaints from Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey…

Medvedev says ‘Ukraine is definitely Russia’, rules out peace talks | Russia-Ukraine war News

Medvedev says ‘Ukraine is definitely Russia’, rules out peace talks | Russia-Ukraine war News

The former Russian president says parts of Ukraine should ‘return home’ as he rules out peace talks with Zelenskyy. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, says Ukraine is part of Russia as he rules out peace talks with the current Ukrainian leadership. In a bellicose speech on Monday…

Ukraine hints at responsibility for Russian bridge attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine hints at responsibility for Russian bridge attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Kyiv publishes pictures of the damaged bridge deep inside Russia that was used to transport weapons. Ukraine has hinted that it was behind an attack on a railway bridge in the Russian region of Samara. Kyiv’s military intelligence agency boasted on Monday that the explosion on the bridge had “paralysed’…

Can Yulia Navalnaya uniteRussia’s opposition after Alexey Navalny’s death? | News

Can Yulia Navalnaya uniteRussia’s opposition after Alexey Navalny’s death? | News

Two days before his death, Alexey Navalny penned a valentine dedicated to his wife and muse Yulia. “Baby, we’re like in the song [Hope] – between us, ‘There are cities, takeoff lights of airports, blue blizzards and thousands of kilometres,’” he wrote on February 14, St Valentine’s Day. “But I…

Russia claims German military leak proves Western involvement in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia claims German military leak proves Western involvement in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

A wiretap recording of German military officials published over the weekend proves Western countries were participating in the conflict in Ukraine, the Kremlin has claimed. The assertion was made by a spokesman on Monday, shortly after Moscow had reportedly summoned the German ambassador. The previous day, Berlin said that the…

Death toll rises to 10 in Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Odesa | Russia-Ukraine war News

Death toll rises to 10 in Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Odesa | Russia-Ukraine war News

Three children killed in the attack, officials say, as Zelenskyy calls on the West to boost Ukraine’s air defences. The death toll from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa on Saturday has risen to 10. Ukraine’s interior ministry reported that…

What happened at Alexey Navalny’s funeral | Politics

Thousands bid final farewell to Russia’s Alexey Navalny, risking arrest | Human Rights News

Thousands gathered to bid a final farewell to Alexey Navalny, many chanting his name and saying they will not forgive Russian authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest. Crowds of mourners turned up near a church in southern Moscow on Friday, waiting hours to pay…