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GENEVA: Russian President Vladimir Putin says opposition leader Alexei Navalny got what he deserved when he was handed a prison sentence. Navalny, Putin's most ardent political foe, was arrested in January upon returning from Germany,…

PARIS: A Moscow court has banned opposition leader Alexei Navalny's political organisations from working in Russia after officially branding them "extremist". The Kremlin critic recovered from a dramatic poisoning attack last year only…

MOSCOW: A Moscow court on Wednesday branded political organisations headed by jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny extremist, banning their work and rendering staff liable to criminal prosecution. "It was found that these organizations…

MOSCOW: A Moscow court is expected on Wednesday to outlaw the organizations founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, part of authorities' efforts to muzzle critics ahead of a crucial parliamentary election in September.…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Wednesday that new Western sanctions against Russia were "absolutely unacceptable" and dismissed claims that Moscow was behind the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. The European Union and the United…

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on seven senior Russians as it said its intelligence concluded that Moscow was behind the poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. In action coordinated with the EU,…

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration declassified an intelligence finding Tuesday that Russia’s FSB, one of its leading intelligence agencies, orchestrated the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, and announced its first sanctions against the…

MOSCOW: A Russian prosecutor on Tuesday called for Alexei Navalny to face a $13,000 fine in a defamation case, one of a series of legal proceedings the jailed Kremlin critic says are aimed at silencing him. President Vladimir Putin's…

KIEV: Ukraine has banned coronavirus vaccines produced in bitter rival Russia despite struggles to launch its vaccination campaign. A resolution passed by the government on February 8 and posted on its website Wednesday banned the…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Friday described comments made by US President Joe Biden the previous day as "aggressive, unconstructive rhetoric" and said it would not tolerate any US ultimatums. Biden on Thursday promised a new era of US…