The wife of jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday the lives of many political prisoners in Russia, including her husband’s, were at risk in the wake of Alexei Navalny’s death in an Arctic penal colony last month. Kara-Murza, who had condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine and lobbied for Western sanctions against Moscow, was… Continue reading Lives ‘in danger’ after Alexei Navalny’s death, says wife of dissident Kara-Murza
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Leading Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to his jail term
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years added to his jail term on Friday in a criminal case which he and his supporters said was trumped up to keep him behind bars and out of politics for even longer. Navalny, 47, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic critic, is already serving sentences… Continue reading Leading Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to his jail term