Yashin said his lawyers had appealed the" political" verdict and were prepared to take the case to

who was freed in the same swop as Mr Yashin and Mr Kara-Murza, said Kremlin opponents currently have

KOTA BHARU: The three-year-old boy who was in critical condition after he was believed to have accidentally ingested drugs, is reported to be recovering after receiving treatment at the children's intensive care unit( ICU) ward of Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital( HRPZ II), here. Kelantan acting police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the child no longer needed respiratory support and was able to breathe normally.He said if he continued to show positive development, he would possibly be tran

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks in court in this image from a Russian Federal Penitentiary Service video link.... Print TALLINN, Estonia— Russian prosecutors have asked a court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to an additional 20 years in prison on extremism charges, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said Thursday.... He was arrested in January 2021 upon returning to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin....

You’re reading the Morning Briefing: Asia Pacific Edition newsletter. Get what you need to know to start your day.... These are the 24 prisoners — from the U.S., Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Russia — who were released in the swap. The linchpin of the deal for Russia was Krasikov’s release, which President Vladimir Putin had long sought.... I asked my colleague Neil MacFarquhar, who has covered the Kremlin for years, why Putin wanted him back so much. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT “

Russia’s recent regional and municipal elections saw an increase in voting by the reform-minded minority and a decrease in voter turnout among Putin’s former majority. However, the Kremlin chooses to ignore these trends, turning a blind eye to the possibility that the active minority and the discon

News that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin would resign in order to run for the mayoral election in September came as quite a shock. Sobyanin’s political potential is fairly dubious, not to mention his approval ratings.

By minimizing the risks of opposition candidates running for the Moscow city parliament, the Moscow mayor’s office and the Kremlin have brought about a political crisis. The decision to refuse to register opposition candidates has turned into a symbolic event and joined the ranks of controversial p

In addition to Kara-Murza, two other prisoners were reported to have gone missing Wednesday, bringing to 10 the total number suddenly out of communication. According to Prokhorov, Kara-Murza is due to appear in court on Thursday, but it is not clear whether the hearing will be held.... “ I sent a request to the colony administration, but they are not responding.” Karlova said she requested that the Public Monitoring Commission, a government body overseeing prisoners across Russia, visit Whelan

The Kremlin believes that participation in elections would mean creating a political alternative that could become dangerous in the future. Alexei Navalny will therefore be barred from the parliamentary campaign in any capacity, but some alternative political outlets for his supporters may emerge