This Is Beirut, 21/02 14:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A court in the Russian Far North will next month hear a case brought by the mother of dead russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been prevented from seeing his body, his allies said Wednesday. Lyudmila Navalnaya has travelled to the remote IK-3 prison where her son died, but since Saturday, when she arrived, she has been prevented ...
This Is Beirut, 16/02 18:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, was so loathed by President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin leader refused to mention him by name. The 47-year-old had, for over a decade, been Putin's most prolific critic, running against the long-time ruler in 2018 and frequently blasting what he perceived as ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-25 23:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, currently incarcerated, has been transferred to a penal colony in the Arctic, according to his allies on Monday. This development follows a period of over two weeks during which his location remained undisclosed. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A United Nations rights expert said on Monday that the 'enforced disappearance' of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was alarming, demanding that Moscow immediately release him. The Kremlin critic's lawyers have been prevented from meeting him since December 6, and he did not appear for a scheduled court hearing last Friday. “I am ...