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UK denies Russia fired warning shots at British destroyer in Black Sea
The ministry of defence has denied claims by Russia that it fired warning shots at a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea, near the disputed territory of Crimea.
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‘The Russians do not want Navalny to die,’ says former UK ambassador to Russia
We speak to Maria Lipman, Moscow-based senior associate at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, and Sir Tony Brenton, UK ambassador to Russia for four years until 2008.
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Putin critic Navalny moved to prison hospital after three weeks on hunger strike
Lawyers for the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say his health is deteriorating, despite being transferred to a prison hospital earlier today.
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Alexei Navalny loses appeal against labour camp sentence
Mr Navalny is likely to spend two and a half years in a labour camp.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed
A court in Moscow has ordered the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to serve two and a half years in prison after ruling that he had violated the terms of his probation.
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‘The only thing that can put pressure on the Kremlin is protest in the streets’ – New York Times’s Anton Troianovski
We spoke to Anton Troianovski – Moscow correspondent for The New York Times.
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Over 4,000 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia
More than 4,000 people have been arrested during mass protests in towns and cities across Russia demanding the release of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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Russian police raid opposition leader Navalny’s offices
In Russia, police have raided various offices of the detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and also the flat where his wife is staying. Mr Navalny returned to Moscow 10 days ago after recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent poisoning only to be arrested. An appeal against his imprisonment is due to be heard tomorrow.
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Mass arrests as pro-Navalny protests sweep Russia
Several hundred thousand people took part in demonstrations from Moscow to Siberia and the far East, braving temperatures as low as -50C.
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Russian opposition leader detained by police upon arriving home after poisoning
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has spent five months in Berlin recovering from a poisoning attack, has been detained by police after arriving back in Moscow in the last hour. The Kremlin critic risks being arrested but told hoards of reporters on board his flight that he was “an innocent person” and he was…
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Thriller author John le Carré dies aged 89
The world of espionage has lost its greatest raconteur, forged from his own life as a spy in Germany in the 1950s.
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FactCheck: everything you need to know about a Covid vaccine
A working vaccine against Covid-19 could be available soon. But have any corners been cut in the race to immunise the world?
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok, says Germany
German officials said they’d found ‘unequivocal proof’ of Alexei Navalny having been poisoned by Novichok.
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Russian opposition leader treated in Berlin hospital after suspected poisoning
The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being treated in a hospital in Berlin – where he’s said to be in a stable condition.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in hospital after suspected poisoning
It’s not the first time the outspoken leader of Russia’s main opposition party has been poisoned.