“An official admission of weakness.” The fact that the Russian opposition party Yabloko was barred by a court on Monday from running in this fall’s parliamentary elections is a sign that the Kremlin feels threatened, says an analyst.
ConflictsRussia is testing artillery shells and drugs on humans, reports the independent Russian outlet Project. "Healthy military volunteers" have reportedly been recruited for the tests for several years.
WorldRussia rejects partly Swedish findings on the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
World politicsTwo years ago, Russian regime critic Alexei Navalny died in a penal colony. On the anniversary of his death, his mother is demanding justice.
WorldSweden and four other countries now have evidence that Alexei Navalny was poisoned by Russia, and of which poison was used. It could only have been Russia that administered this, since he was in Russian custody, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) says.
WorldAleksej Navalnyj was killed with poison, according to his widow Julia Navalnaja. Biological samples are said to have shown this, over a year and a half after the Russian opposition leader was declared dead in an Arctic penal colony.
WorldThe freedom of the press organization Reporters without borders (RSF) has been put on Russia's list of "undesirable" organizations. This means in practice that the organization is criminalized and prohibited from operating in the country.
WorldThe Russian journalist Olga Komleva has been sentenced to twelve years in prison in Russia after having worked as a volunteer for the deceased opposition activist Aleksej Navalnyj.
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