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, 16/02 13:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died Friday at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said in a statement. "Navalny felt bad after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness. Medical staff arrived immediately and an ambulance team was called. Resuscitation measures were ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-30 21:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russia warned on Saturday, December 30, that the Ukrainian strikes on Belgorod the same day would not go unpunished. These strikes were carried out by Kyiv in response to the particularly deadly strikes on the previous day. Russia accused Ukraine of targeting the city of Belgorod with missiles and rockets on Saturday, killing at least 14 people ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-26 14:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian air strikes on the last major rebel stronghold in Syria killed five civilians from the same family, including three children, according to rescuers and a war monitor on Tuesday. "On December 25 at 10:00 pm (0700 GMT), Russian warplanes targeted civilian houses," on the outskirts of the town of Armanaz, in Idlib province, said Abdel Halim ...
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 ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 16:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Putin declared Russia's ability to 'move forward' despite Western sanctions and isolation from the Ukraine offensive, during a year-end news conference on Thursday, following his announcement last week of running for a fifth term in March. President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia can "move forward" despite Western economic ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-12 23:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initiated discussions in Congress and the White House on Tuesday, seeking increased military assistance from the United States. Meanwhile, Russia asserted progress on the battlefield and derisively downplayed the significance of Western support for Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky began talks in ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-12 23:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Brussels on Tuesday, suggested diverting profits generated from frozen Russian state assets as a move toward channeling funds amounting to billions of euros to Ukraine, according to EU officials. Brussels proposed hiving off profits earned from frozen Russian state assets Tuesday, a step towards sending funds worth billions of euros to Ukraine, ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-11 20:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, pledged to strengthen Russia's "military-naval prowess" as he participated in the inauguration of two nuclear submarines in the Far North of the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday promised to reinforce Russia's "military-naval might" as he attended the inauguration of two nuclear ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-11 15:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday following a warning from the U.S. administration that it could run out of funds for Ukrainian aid against Russia. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet with President Joe Biden and plead ...