Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday posthumously bestowed an award to a high-profile military blogger and supporter of Moscow’s assault on Ukraine, who was killed in an explosion at a Saint Petersburg cafe a day earlier. Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had been given the Order of Courage “for courage and bravery shown during professional duty”, said …
Navalny, who has exposed official corruption and organised massive anti-government protests, is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud. He also charged that Russian security agencies could be behind the explosion to cast Mr Navalny's supporters as an "internal enemy”. Return to ‘Soviet classics’ On Monday, Mr Podolyak said Russia had “returned to the Soviet classics,” pointing to its increasing isolation, …
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