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Alexei Navalny has boarded a plane bound for Moscow, despite Russian authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critics, was flown to Berlin in August for emergency medical treatment after being poisoned with what German tests showed was a Novichok nerve agent. … Read more
Kremlin tells opposition leader Alexei Navalny that he is breaching terms of a suspended prison sentence by staying in Germany to be treated for novichok poisoning – and demands he return to Moscow immediately or face jail The prominent Putin critic has been in Germany since his poisoning Russia’s prison service said he must return … Read more
‘Vladimir Putin’s chef’ is given travel ban as senior Kremlin officials are hit with sanctions by Britain and the EU after Alexei Navalny poisoning ‘Putin’s chef’ Yevgeniy Prigozhin has been hit with sanctions by Britain and EU Prigozhin was sanctioned over ‘significant foreign mercenary activity’ in Libya Six other Russians with links to Alexei Navalny’s poisoning … Read more
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has shown his shaking hands as he continues to recover from a suspected novichok poisoning in August. Navalny made the comments during his first video appearance since being discharged from a Berlin hospital, recorded just six days after he was released. ‘My hands shake. If I were to drink water from … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has alleged that Vladimir Putin was behind the poison plot which left him fighting for his life. Pointing the finger directly at the Russian president for the first time, Navalny told German magazine Der Spiegel that ‘Putin is behind the crime and I don’t have any other versions of what … Read more
Russian spy who was accused of murdering Alexander Litvinenko is tasked with heading up the probe into Alexei Navalny’s poisoning Andrei Lugovoy was accused by Britain of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko He is now high up in a Russian anti-corruption committee and is a Putin ally The body has been tasked with investigating the poisoning of … Read more
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is back up and walking after treatment for novichok nerve agent poisoning at Berlin hospital Vladimir Putin’s political opponent shared a photo walking down hospital stairs He can now breathe independently after being taken off a ventilator this week Navalny gave an update on his recovery: ‘This is a clear … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he can breathe unaided a month after he was poisoned with Novichok Navalny said he was ‘able to breathe on my own all day’ a month after poisoning Berlin hospital doctors say the Putin critic’s condition ‘continues to improve’ Navalny was taken ill in August in what Germany says … Read more
The German government has said specialist laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A German military laboratory previously confirmed the substance was present in his samples. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has also … Read more
Two allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly won local parliament seats Monday in the Siberian city of Tomsk where he was allegedly poisoned last month, according to early poll results. Andrei Fateev and Ksenia Fadeeva came out on top in two constituencies, while the ruling United Russia party topped the polls overall in Tomsk … Read more