MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s sudden illness has unleashed his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in the upcoming regional elections. But it also exposes a longer-term issue – the leadership vacuum within Russia’s opposition. FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny awaits the start of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors said on Thursday they saw no need for a criminal investigation into the sudden illness of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who poisoned his supporters’ suspicions, and found no sign of any crime. . FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech at a …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold criminals accountable after doctors found evidence of a toxic substance in his body. Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, crashed on a plane …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German doctors say on Monday that medical investigations indicate that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who is in a Berlin hospital after crashing into a plane in Russia last week, was poisoned. Medical specialists carry Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a stretcher in an ambulance en …
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MOSCOW / FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell seriously ill on Thursday after what his allies think was poisoning, will survive, the founder of the activist group that sent the air ambulance to Germany flying, a newspaper reported. PHILO PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part …
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