Russia-Ukraine two years on: towards an endless and wider war? | Russia-Ukraine war

Russia-Ukraine two years on: towards an endless and wider war? | Russia-Ukraine war

In an UpFront special, we discuss where the war in Ukraine currently stands and where it is heading. It’s been two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, causing mass destruction and a mounting civilian death toll. Even with support from the West, Ukraine is facing increased weapons…

Navalny’s mother says Russian authorities pressuring ‘secret’ burial | Human Rights News

Navalny’s mother says Russian authorities pressuring ‘secret’ burial | Human Rights News

Lyudmila Navalnaya says investigators are trying to set conditions on where, when and how the prominent Kremlin critic should be buried. The mother of Alexey Navalny has said Russian authorities are pressing her to bury the opposition leader’s body in “secret”. Speaking in a video message posted on YouTube on…

UK imposes sanctions on heads of penal colony where Russia’s Navalny died | Human Rights News

UK imposes sanctions on heads of penal colony where Russia’s Navalny died | Human Rights News

Cameron promises to hold those responsible accountable, as Navalny’s mother takes legal action to recover his body. The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on six officials overseeing the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny died. The sanctions, announced by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday, target…

Hard void to fill: Navalny’s death poses challenges for Russian opposition | Obituaries News

Hard void to fill: Navalny’s death poses challenges for Russian opposition | Obituaries News

Alexey Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most high-profile nemesis, has died in a penal colony inside the Arctic Circle. He was 47 years old. The authorities’ seeming reluctance to let his family collect his body has aroused suspicions around the circumstances of his death. The announcement was made by Russia’s…

Will the death of Alexey Navalny change Russian politics? | Human Rights News

Will the death of Alexey Navalny change Russian politics? | Human Rights News

World leaders blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for the death of his most outspoken critic. Alexey Navalny was respected worldwide and – despite being locked up for years in a prison cell – was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic. That voice of dissent was silenced as Russia announced…

‘They killed him’: Was Putin’s critic Navalny murdered? | Vladimir Putin News

‘They killed him’: Was Putin’s critic Navalny murdered? | Vladimir Putin News

In the last known video of Alexey Navalny shot one day before his death on Friday, the lanky, fair-haired 47-year-old looks gaunt and cracks jokes. Navalny was filmed via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony, also known as the Polar Wolf prison, in the Arctic town of Harp…

Kremlin critics: What happens to Putin’s most vocal opponents? | Politics News

Kremlin critics: What happens to Putin’s most vocal opponents? | Politics News

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is just one of many Kremlin critics to have fallen foul of the government under President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Navalny, 47, who Russian prison authorities said had died on Friday, was jailed in early 2021 after returning from Germany, where he was recovering from a…

Russia’s Putin will not go unpunished for Navalny’s death, wife Yulia says | Vladimir Putin News

Russia’s Putin will not go unpunished for Navalny’s death, wife Yulia says | Vladimir Putin News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates will not go “unpunished” if the death of Alexey Navalny, as reported by Russian officials, turns out to be true, the Kremlin critic’s wife Yulia has said. Russia’s prison agency earlier said Navalny died on Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he…

Residential area in Russia’s Belgorod hit by Ukrainian rockets | Vladimir Putin

Residential area in Russia’s Belgorod hit by Ukrainian rockets | Vladimir Putin

NewsFeed A Ukranian rocket attack on Belgorod, Russia, has killed at least 7 people and injured several others. The strike left severe damage to a shopping center, sport complex and nearby apartment blocks. Published On 15 Feb 202415 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook…

Putin’s antiwar rival blocked from contesting Russia presidential election | Elections News

Putin’s antiwar rival blocked from contesting Russia presidential election | Elections News

Boris Nadezhdin, who has won support for his criticism of the Ukraine war, vows to challenge poll commission’s decision. Russia’s presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin has said his bid to run in elections in March has been blocked, and that he will challenge the decision of the election commission in the…