Tag: Alexei Navalny
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Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny dies in prison
Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has died in prison, state news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing the prison authorities. Navalny, 47, collapsed on Friday after a walk in his penal colony
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Navalny arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has been detained at Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow, according to a post on Navalny’s Telegram channel. He was detained while going through passport control, according to the post. Navalny’s plane from Berlin was originally due to land at Vnukovo airport on Sunday evening but diverted to Sheremetyevo at the last minute,…
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Navalny leaves Berlin on flight to Moscow despite threat of arrest
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Sunday left Berlin on a flight to Moscow, where authorities have threatened to arrest him upon arrival. Russian security forces detained several of Navalny’s supporters at the Vnukovo airport near Moscow ahead of his arrival, according to a dpa reporter on the scene. Those detained include a close collaborator of…