Lawsuit on release of Alexei Navalnyâs body will not be heard until 4 March | Alexei Navalny
A Russian court is expected to take almost two weeks to hear a lawsuit brought by the mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny over authorities’ refusal to release her son’s body. Lyudmila Navalnaya has been trying to recover her son’s body since Saturday after he died in a penal colony in Russia’s far north […]
What does Alexei Navalnyâs death tell us? That Putin seems to be devising his most ominous scheme yet | Olga Chyzh
IIt is hard not to equate the untimely death of Alexei Navalny with the deaths of Russian opposition figures. Navalny’s death foreshadows a bleak post-election future for Russia, Ukraine and the world, just weeks before a sham election that will secure Vladimir Putin’s fifth term as Russian president. Inside Russia, Mr. Navalny will be irreplaceable […]
What next for Putin? After Navalnyâs death, many fear what leader will do next | Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin appeared in an uncharacteristically festive mood on Friday, praising factory workers and joking with state reporters and smiling at an industrial factory in the Ural city of Chelyabinsk. Putin’s confidence was unmistakable, an expression of his complete belief that while outperforming Ukraine on the battlefield, he would spare his biggest critic that […]