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Putin critic Navalny transferred to penal colony
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 27 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been transferred from a Moscow detention centre to a penal colony, according to state media.
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EU escalates condemnation of China's crackdown on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 24 (ANI): The European Union has escalated its condemnation of Beijing's political crackdown under the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong but stopped short of rolling out major sanctions on the city's officials for the continued repression of opposition
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Navalny remains in jail after Moscow appeals court confirms prison sentenc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 20 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence handed down earlier this month.
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Representatives of nine foreign embassies, EU attend Navalny's hearings
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 20 (ANI): Representatives of nine foreign embassies and one from the European Union arrived for the hearings of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny on Saturday in Moscow.
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German, French Ministers discuss preparations for EU Foreign Affairs Counc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): German and French foreign ministers Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed preparations for the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting scheduled for February 22, including the situation around Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the G
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Navalny's spokeswoman placed under house arrest
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): A Moscow court has placed Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, under house arrest for violating sanitary regulations at the unauthorized demonstrations, a court spokesperson told Sputnik.
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Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny's wife detained during protest in Moscow
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI): Wife of Russia's leading Opposition figure and Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, Yulia Navalny, has been detained among several others during an "unsanctioned" rally here demanding his release.
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Navalny's spokeswoman detained for violating sanitary rules
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Police have detained Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, for violating sanitary regulations at the unauthorized demonstrations held earlier this month, Yarmysh's lawyer said.
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G7 Foreign Ministers condemn Navalny arrest
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The foreign ministers of the G7 countries on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny.
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Russian court arrests head of Navalny's HQ in Khabarovsk for disobeying po
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Khabarovsk [Russia], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The coordinator of opposition figure Alexei Navalny's office in the Russian far-eastern city of Khabarovsk, Alexey Vorsin, has been placed under administrative arrest for 11 days for resisting police officers, the city's central district court t
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Russian Council for human rights chair says no violations during detention
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Chairman of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Valery Fadeyev says there were no violations during the detentions made at the Saturday unauthorized demonstrations held across Russia in support of opposition figure Al
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New Hong Kong Bar Association head calls mass Opposition arrests as 'obvio
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 23 (ANI): The new head of Hong Kong's Bar Association Paul Harris said the arrest of 55 opposition figures by the police under the draconian National Security Law is an attempt to intimidate the city's democratic movement.
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