Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false
5 days, 23 hours ago

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War said Tuesday that fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin have proven false. Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-U.K. citizen and one of the leading Russian opposition figures, said that the worries that his mother could have been poisoned or suffered a heart attack haven't been corroborated. German police said earlier Tuesday that a German-Russian woman was taken to an isolation ward at the German capital's Charite hospital after informing medical staff that she suspected she had been poisoned.

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Russia extends deadline for preliminary probe into Kremlin foe Navalny’s death in prison, ally says
8 months, 1 week ago

Russia extends deadline for preliminary probe into Kremlin foe Navalny’s death in prison, ally says

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities have extended the deadline for a preliminary probe into the still unexplained death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his ally said Wednesday. Ivan Zhdanov, director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, said on the messaging app Telegram that the deadline has been extended until April 20, which means that “there is still no official information …

Life inside Russia's penal colonies for Vladimir Putin's political prisoners
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Life inside Russia's penal colonies for Vladimir Putin's political prisoners

ABC  

A toothbrush and a mug — these are the only personal items Vladimir Kara-Murza can keep behind bars at one of Russia's most brutal penal colonies. After the still-unexplained death of Alexei Navalny at an Arctic penal colony earlier this month, human rights advocates have warned that political prisoners like Kara-Murza are facing increased risks inside Russia's prison system. A …

Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny shown his body, resisting pressure to agree to secret burial
10 months ago

Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny shown his body, resisting pressure to agree to secret burial

LA Times  

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, during a hearing Thursday broadcast by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public …

‘Let me finally see my son’: Navalny’s mother demands body from Putin
10 months ago

‘Let me finally see my son’: Navalny’s mother demands body from Putin

Al Jazeera  

Kremlin says widow Yulia’s accusations that Navalny was poisoned by a nerve agent are ‘unfounded and vulgar’. Let me finally see my son,” said Lyudmila Navalnaya in a video message on Tuesday, making her plea as the Kremlin denied any involvement in the death of Navalny on February 16 while serving a sentence at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony above …

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body
10 months ago

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body

Associated Press  

Alexei Navalny’s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony, saying he was “murdered,” but it was unclear where his body was as his family and friends searched for answers. “After the murder of Alexei Navalny, it’s absurd to perceive Putin as the supposedly legitimate head of the Russian state,” Ukrainian President …

Wife of twice-poisoned Briton held in Kremlin prison fears ‘time is running out’
1 year, 1 month ago

Wife of twice-poisoned Briton held in Kremlin prison fears ‘time is running out’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She will ask me questions and I guess I …

Elena Kostyuchenko: Germany investigating suspected poisoning of exiled Russian journalist
1 year, 3 months ago

Elena Kostyuchenko: Germany investigating suspected poisoning of exiled Russian journalist

The Independent  

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Russian woman who left note on grave of Putin's parents convicted amid dissent crackdown
1 year, 7 months ago

Russian woman who left note on grave of Putin's parents convicted amid dissent crackdown

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Russian court gave a two-year suspended sentence Thursday to …

How the trial of Kara-Murza exposes the brutal repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
1 year, 8 months ago

How the trial of Kara-Murza exposes the brutal repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Firstpost  

Vladimir Putin has presided over a regime where political opponents have been neutralised, imprisoned or murdered and Kara-Murza is merely the latest example Longtime Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison after what the journalist and activist has dismissed as a 1930s-style “show trial”. Over the years, Kara-Murza has been …

Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled
2 years, 1 month ago

Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled

Raw Story  

Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday, risks becoming the latest in a long line of Kremlin critics slapped with heavy jail terms. Jailed Russia's main opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a Soviet-made nerve agent, on a trip to Siberia in 2020. Exiled Some of Putin's high-profile critics have been based abroad …

German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident
4 years, 3 months ago

German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said Monday he was being treated with an antidote and his life was not in immediate danger. The Charité hospital said in a statement that the team of doctors who have been examining Navalny since he was flown from Siberia …

Who is poisoning Russian dissidents and why?
4 years, 4 months ago

Who is poisoning Russian dissidents and why?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday morning, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny walked out of a hotel in the Siberian city of Tomsk and headed for the airport to catch a flight back to Moscow. When Navalny’s wife Yulia and press secretary Kira Yarmysh demanded that he be flown abroad for treatment, citing the substandard conditions of the hospital where he was kept and …

Alexey Navalny: Russian doctors who say opposition leader wasn’t poisoned are untrustworthy, says wife
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexey Navalny: Russian doctors who say opposition leader wasn’t poisoned are untrustworthy, says wife

CNN  

Moscow CNN — Russian dissident Alexey Navalny will travel to a German clinic for care but not until Saturday, after falling gravely ill in a suspected poisoning according to his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh. She said at a news conference that “he is not in a very good state and we, of course, cannot trust this hospital and we demand for …

Alexey Navalny: Comatose Russian dissident arrives at Berlin hospital
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexey Navalny: Comatose Russian dissident arrives at Berlin hospital

CNN  

CNN — Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny – who is gravely ill after a suspected poisoning – has arrived at a hospital in Berlin following a medical evacuation flight from the Siberian city of Omsk, according to a CNN team on the ground. Jaka Bizilj, chairman for Cinema for Peace Foundation, which organized the medical evacuation, told CNN that Navalny …

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