Last week, Ukrainian forces surrendered the eastern city of Avdiivka, which they had for months been desperately defending against a brutal Russian onslaught. The conquest of Avdiivka represents a strategic and symbolic victory for Russia, strengthening its defence of the regional capital, Donetsk, and potentially opening up avenues for further offensives against Ukrainian-held territory. Ukrainian…
The family of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian prison, have reportedly been told his body will not be released for two weeks. His mother was informed it was being held for “chemical analysis”, a representative for Navalny said. There has been no confirmation of the whereabouts of the body from…
Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia has vowed to continue his work to fight for a “free Russia” in a video posted on Monday. Her voice sometimes shaking with grief and anger, Ms Navalnaya asked viewers to stand alongside her and “share the fury and hate for those who dared to kill our future”. She also accused…
Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia has always kept a low profile, insisting that her main role was as a wife and mother not a politician. But with her husband’s death on Friday and her impassioned appeal for justice at the Munich Security Conference, she has emerged as a major figure in Russia’s beleaguered opposition perhaps by…
The US and UK ambassadors to Moscow have laid flowers to honour Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison on Friday. US ambassador Lynne Tracy and Britain’s Nigel Casey were pictured paying their respects at a memorial in Moscow. Navalny’s allies believe he was murdered on the orders of President Vladimir Putin….
Nuclear weapons could be making a return to a United States Air Force base in Suffolk 15 years after it reportedly removed its last ones. Documents indicate RAF Lakenheath is preparing facilities to house and guard bombs with an explosive power many times greater than the one dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World…
“If you are killed, if this does happen, what message do you leave behind to the Russian people?” This is the first question posed to Alexei Navalny by Canadian director Daniel Roher in the 2022 Oscar-winning documentary Navalny. “Come on Daniel, no,” Navalny responds, smiling. “No way. It’s like you’re making a movie for the…
Alexei Navalny’s mother has been unable to recover his body after his death in an Arctic jail, a close aide to the dead Russian opposition leader says. Kira Yarmysch said his mother, Lyudmila, was told his body would only be handed over once a post-mortem examination had been completed. Mr Navalny’s team believes the anti-corruption…
Blink, and you might have missed it. In its 45-minute Friday night news bulletin, Russian TV devoted 28 seconds to the news about Alexei Navalny. His death was announced almost in passing. Just 28 seconds for the man who’d become Russia’s most prominent opposition figure and the country’s most famous prisoner. Alexei Navalny had, in…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an urgent appeal for more weapons to avoid a “catastrophic” situation in Europe. An “artificial deficit of weapons” will only help Russia, Mr Zelensky told an international conference in Germany. Ukrainian troops have been running out of ammunition as vital US support has been held up by supporters of…