Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on Saturday, the second day of showpiece elections guaranteed to cement President Vladimir Putin’s hardline rule. Presidential…
Tag: Russia
Putin set for election coronation in vote with no opposition
Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine.…
Yulia Navalnaya calls for election day protest against Putin
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on Wednesday for Russians to stage an election day protest against President Vladimir Putin by forming long queues outside voting stations.…
Navalny buried in Moscow amid thousands of defiant mourners
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday, surrounded by crowds of defiant mourners who chanted his name and blamed authorities for his death in…
Navalny’s funeral set for Friday in Moscow
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral is planned for Friday in a Moscow church, his allies said two weeks after his shock death in an Arctic prison. Authorities resisted handing…
Navalny widow vows to take up fight for Russia’s ‘freedom’
Yulia Navalnaya on Monday vowed to continue her husband Alexei Navalny’s fight after his death in a Russian prison last week, for which she blamed the Kremlin. She spoke as…
Navalny’s ‘killers’ refusing to hand over body, allies say
Alexei Navalny’s supporters on Saturday accused Russian authorities of being “killers” who were “covering their tracks” by refusing to hand over his body, as the Kremlin stayed silent despite Western…
Alexei Navalny’s last weeks in an Arctic prison
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, spent his final weeks in a penal colony above the Arctic Circle. His 19-year prison sentence was widely condemned by rights groups and…
Putin says Russia will ‘intensify’ attacks on Ukraine
Putin said Russia would continue to hit what he called "military installations".
Putin says Gaza ‘catastrophe’ incomparable with Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described the situation in the Gaza Strip as a “catastrophe” unfolding on a scale that could not be compared to the Ukraine conflict. Putin, whose…