Alexei Navalny’s life is in danger, European Court of Human Rights says

Alexei Navalny’s life is in danger and he must be released from prison immediately, European Court of Human Rights demands European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to release Alexei Navalny  The court ruled that the opposition leader’s life was at risk  Earlier this month, Moscow court sentenced Navalny to over two years in prison  … Read more

Biden deploys four B-1 bombers to Norway in message to Putin

Joe Biden deploys four B-1 bombers to Norway to operate on the edge of Russian air space in message to Vladimir Putin President Joe Biden is deploying four Air Force B-1 bombers to Norway to express to Russia’s Vladimir Putin that the U.S. will protect its Arctic allies  CNN reported the move Monday, saying bombers … Read more

Is this Putin’s secret daughter? The tantalising clues

They are two teenagers just fooling around in a series of homemade social media videos. The girl is slim with long, pale, brown hair and a pretty face that is strangely familiar. The boy is dark-haired, good-looking and wears a Mona Lisa T-shirt. In one sequence they dance, pose and pout to Vibe by the … Read more

‘I was in a coma!’ Navalny shoots down claim he broke terms of parole as judge considers jailing him

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny today shot down accusations he broke the terms of his parole, telling a judge he was in a coma when the prosecution say he was absconding. The 44-year-old Vladimir Putin critic was arrested last month for violating the probation terms of a 2014 embezzlement conviction. His detention has sparked weekends of … Read more

D-Day for Alexei Navalny as he faces being jailed for three-and-a-half years

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared in court this morning where he faces up to three-and-a-half years in jail for ‘violating probation.’ Dozens of his supporters were rounded up by riot police outside the gates of the Moscow court and another 20 were detained at a nearby metro station.  Only his wife Yulia was allowed … Read more

Putin’s childhood friend oligarch takes the heat by claiming HE is owner of £1bn Black Sea palace

A leading Russian oligarch has today taken the heat by claiming that he is the owner of a notorious £1billion Black Sea palace, not Vladimir Putin. The statement from Arkady Rotenberg – Putin’s ex-judo sparring partner and childhood friend – comes after the Russian president faced mockery over the residence decked out with a pole-dancing … Read more

Bolshoi Ballet dancer daughter of one of Putin’s closest cronies ‘earned £20million a year

The ballet dancer daughter of one of Vladimir Putin’s closest cronies has earned almost £20million a year from a mysterious second money source.    Maria Shuvalova, 22, a dancer at the world famous Bolshoi Ballet, is raking in £75,000 a day for her other role in ‘capital asset management’. This is more than the bosses of … Read more

‘Putin’s £1billion palace’ is a building site and just ‘one slab of concrete’, footage claims

A Kremlin-loyal news outlet has released video footage of Vladimir Putin’s ‘£1billlion Black Sea palace’ to deny claims the President is living in luxury. Jailed critic Alexei Navalny had claimed the Russian leader had the 190,000sq-ft residence decked out with a strip club, casino and an underground ice rink, and was funded through a corruption … Read more

Boris Johnson under pressure to take action against Abramovich and Usmanov

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told by MPs to sanction Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Everton backer Alisher Usmanov, both Russian oligarchs involved in English football, over human-rights abuses.  Both Abramovich and Usmanov were named by detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week as people who should be targeted by Western governments in a … Read more

Russian police arrest activist for building a rally of anti-Putin snowmen

A woman has been interrogated by Russian police for building snowmen carrying anti-Putin slogans.   Yelena Kalinina was ordered to an interrogation amid a police drive to suppress dissent following nationwide protests in support of Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny. In her rally of snowmen, the placards read: ‘Tsar go away’, ‘Vova (Vladimir) it’s all over between … Read more