More than 300 detained in Russia for paying respects to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
More than 300 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a prominent rights group reported on Sunday.
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NATO's Stoltenberg says US to remain 'a committed ally', even if Trump returns
Almost exactly two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Norway's intelligence service recently said it believes Moscow is gaining the advantage in the war. In a blow to Kyiv, Russia claimed this weekend that it had taken control of the city of Avdiivka after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops.
'Alexei Navalny hasn't died, he was killed,' Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko tells FRANCE 24
Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), Klitschko urged the West to continue backing Ukraine after two years of bloody war. "Everyone in the West has to understand we in Ukraine defend not just our home and our families, we do not defend just our country, but every one of you in Europe and everyone in the world," he said.
Euroviews. Navalny is the latest martyr of Russian totalitarianism
As much as the news of Alexei Navalny’s sudden death on Friday came as an intense shock, it's hard to escape the blood-curdling shadow of its inevitability.
Racist or revolutionary: The complex legacy of Alexei Navalny
This article was published in July 2023 before the reported death of Navalny on 16 February 2024.
IIHF bars Russia, Belarus from ice hockey world championships through 2024-25 season
Russia and Belarus will be excluded from the ice hockey world championships for another year through the 2024-25 season, the sport's governing body said Monday, citing security risks during the military invasion of Ukraine.
Biden's gaffes, Gaza truce talks, Uproar in Senegal, Taylor Swift overshadows Super Bowl
A matter of months? Gaza truce deal far from done
Euroviews. The unexpected upside of the Russian liberal candidate who was not to be
After a week of what could be described as peak cheap court drama at its finest, the last liberal potential candidate for the Russian presidential election, Boris Nadezhdin, has been finally rejected by the country's Central Electoral Commission.