Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who barely survived an attempt on his life in August, claimed Monday that he tricked an agent of Russia’s FSB security service into admitting his underwear was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok on orders from the government of President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual marathon year-end press conference Thursday, fielding questions for just over four and a half hours.
Russia’s Investigative Committee denied reports on Monday that it had launched a probe into comments made by opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an interview in April.
Russian President Vladimir Putin lamented “problems in the U.S. election system” during an interview Sunday, stating that he would not congratulate presidential challenger Joe Biden until his victory against President Donald Trump was certain.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the improbable claim on Thursday that opposition leader and vehement Putin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned in Germany, though he was already ill when on a plane out of Russia to that country.
Russia warned on Thursday that continuing “uncertainty” over the outcome of the U.S. presidential election could damage the global economy.
Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny, who fell ill on a flight to Moscow in late August, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating his assassination, saying that only he could have authorized the use of the nerve agent novichok, a regular fixture of Russian political killings, the UK Guardian reported Thursday.
Authorities in Russia seized the apartment and froze the bank accounts of dissident Alexei Navalny’s apartment days after his release from a German hospital after doctors believe he was poisoned with a Russian chemical agent, his spokeswoman revealed on Thursday.
France’s Le Monde reported this week that, during a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on September 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested opposition leader Alexei Navalny might have poisoned himself.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday posted a photo of himself from his hospital room in Germany and said he was able to breathe for an entire day without the aid of a ventilator. Navalny reportedly told German officials he plans to return to Russia as soon as he has recovered from what several international diagnostic teams have now confirmed as Novichok poisoning.
Russian police announced on Friday they have been investigating opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s poising, officials established a detailed “timeline of events” up to his collapse, and Moscow wants to send investigators to Berlin to work on the case.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved and he is now able to discuss the poisoning attack that nearly killed him with doctors and investigators German media reported on Thursday.
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday that accused the German government of “stonewalling” on the health of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader poisoned with Novichok nerve agent according to German doctors – a chemical weapon Russia has employed in previous assassination attempts.
Doctors removed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a medically induced coma and say he is “responding to verbal stimuli,” Berlin’s Charité hospital announced Monday.
Hours after the Russian government skeptically requested exhaustive details from German doctors who said traces of poison were found in comatose Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Germany announced there is “unequivocal proof” that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the same nerve agent Russia used in a bungled attempt to assassinate former intelligence agent Sergey Skripal and his daughter in London two years ago.
After strenuously resisting calls to investigate the suspected poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a week, the Russian Interior Ministry finally gave in to international pressure on Thursday and announced a probe into the case.
The Russian government continued to signal its disinterest on Wednesday in investigating the “illness” of Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader widely suspected of being poisoned while aboard an aircraft last week.
The Russian government said on Monday there is no need to investigate the “illness” that suddenly befell opposition leader Alexei Navalny last week and accused German doctors of “rushing” to announce that traces of poison were found in his system.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who became seriously ill aboard a flight from Siberia to Moscow last week, was transferred to a German hospital on Saturday at the request of his family, staff, and political allies who deeply distrust the Russian government.
The European Commission on Friday urged Moscow to allow ailing opposition leader Alexei Navalny to seek medical treatment in Germany.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been frequently arrested and legally harassed for his unrelenting criticism of President Vladimir Putin, became seriously ill while flying from Siberia to moscow on Thursday and was placed on a ventilator. Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh claimed he has been poisoned.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a startling announcement on Wednesday that he and his entire government will resign to get out of President Vladimir Putin’s way as Putin rewrites the Russian constitution.
Moscow’s scaled-down version of the Hong Kong protest movement appeared to have quieted down after the city elections that provoked it came and went in August, but it experienced a resurgence on Sunday when 25,000 people marched to demand freedom for demonstrators who were arrested during the government crackdown.
The highly controversial Moscow elections were held on Sunday, and the results were not good for President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, although not quite the bloodbath they feared after a summer of surprisingly large protests.
The Russian government is accusing tech giants Facebook and Google of having defied a government order to ban the distribution of political advertising during Russian regional elections. According to communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, “Such actions can be seen as interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs and hindering the conduct of democratic elections in the Russian Federation.”
About 50,000 people filled the streets of Moscow over the weekend for the fifth straight week of demonstrations, making it the largest Russian protest movement of the past decade.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, currently serving a 30-day jail sentence for violating Russia’s strict laws on political protests, was hospitalized Sunday morning with symptoms that resembled an acute allergic reaction.
As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election on Sunday and will evidently claim he passed the magic “70/70” margin he was looking for: winning over 70 percent of the vote with turnout over 70 percent.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny recently launched a campaign to boycott Russia’s upcoming elections from which he has been banned. The police declared his protest illegal and arrested him, as they have done many times in the past, along with his campaign chief Leonid Volkov.
The security forces of Russian President Vladimir Putin have instigated a major crackdown on political dissidents in the run-up to March’s presidential election.
China’s state publication, Global Times, published an analysis Thursday suggesting that Russians should reconsider granting President Vladimir Putin perpetual rule over their country, a query that may indicate some doubt regarding Putin’s rule in Chinese communist circles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during his extensive, traditional end-of-the-year press conference that he will abandon his United Russia Party and run as an independent in next year’s presidential race, taking time to insult his opponents as rabble-rousers who will foment chaos in Russia.
The latest curious fad to sweep the world is the fidget spinner, a seemingly harmless toy that Russia’s government has determined is actually a sinister hypnotic weapon that turns young people into anti-Putin zombies.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny got the massive demonstrations against corruption he wanted on Monday, along with a fresh stint in jail he probably expected. Central Moscow was jammed with demonstrators yelling, “Putin is a thief!” and “Russia without Putin!”
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny completed a 15-day jail sentence on Monday. By Tuesday, he was promising to organize more of the massive protests that got him arrested.
Contents: Thousands are arrested in Russia as tens of thousands protest in cities across country; Massive protests were triggered by opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption drive
The opulent lifestyles of some members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and their pets have been exposed by anti-graft campaigner Alexei Navalny as the Kremlin prepares for the strongman’s final re-election bid in about 18 months, reports Bloomberg.
The Kremlin will stop at nothing to fully control all forms of media in Russia. The latest step included threats to Google, Facebook, and Twitter from Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who has been under house arrest for alleged fraud involving a state lumber company, snipped off his monitoring bracelet with a pair of scissors and has refused to honor the arrest terms.
Russian authorities arrested famous Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny just hours a court gave him a three and a half years suspended sentence on embezzlement charges.
