Joe Biden said Saturday that the treatment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is ‘totally inappropriate’. ‘It’s totally, totally unfair, totally inappropriate,’ Biden weighed in on the matter while speaking to reporters at Wilmington Country Club after a round of golf. ‘On the basis of having been poisoned and then on a hunger strike. It’s … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘is dying’ and could suffer a cardiac arrest at ‘any minute’, his doctor warned today as medics are barred from the penal colony. Vladimir Putin’s most prominent rival, 44, was imprisoned in February and is serving two-and-a-half years on old embezzlement charges in the town of Pokrov, around 60 miles … Read more
A pro-Kremlin TV station has aired video purporting to show Alexei Navalny walking around in jail in an effort to expose his ‘lies’ about needing urgent medical attention. The CCTV footage from Pokrov penitentiary purports to show Navalny, his head shaven, walking around with a cup of tea and ‘arguing’ with a guard on March 26. … Read more
Pro-Kremlin TV station airs video claiming to show Putin-foe Alexei Navalny walking around in jail in a bid to expose his ‘lies’ about needing urgent medical attention Navalny went on hunger strike this week and claims guards deprive him of sleep Opposition leader says he’s been refused a doctor’s visit for acute leg, back pain … Read more
Alexei Navalny goes on hunger strike in protest over his jail conditions days after claiming he was reprimanded for ‘waking up ten minutes too early’ and ‘wearing a T-shirt’ Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, 44, has announced he is on a hunger strike A post on his Instagram account showed a handwritten letter from Navalny … Read more
Tens of thousands of Russians registered to protest for the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday hours after allies called for mass street demonstrations. In a statement posted on Navalny’s website, his allies urged Russians to sign up for a protest on an interactive map. They said they will set a date for … Read more
Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny reveals his ‘freshly shaven head’ as he likens his Russian penal colony to a ‘concentration camp’ and says inmates are even banned from swearing Navalny says he is woken every hour at night by guards at Russian prison camp He was taken to the penal colony after conviction for flouting … Read more
Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny reveals his ‘freshly shaven head’ as he likens his Russian penal colony to a ‘concentration camp’ and says inmates are even banned from swearing Navalny says he is woken every hour at night by guards at Russian prison camp He was taken to the penal colony after conviction for flouting … Read more
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny must serve his sentence in a penal facility where ‘torture-like’ conditions are so horrific inmates have severely injured themselves to avoid being sent there, a former prisoner has claimed. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was jailed this month over alleged parole violations related to an embezzlement … Read more
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday blasted the move amid the crackdown on Kremlin critic Navalny and his supporters. EU foreign ministers earlier Monday agreed to impose … Read more