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'Shocked' by Le Pen loan, Russian activist Navalny urges French to vote Macron

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Wednesday called on French people to vote for incumbent Emmanuel Macron in this Sunday’s presidential election run-off.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine war recasts 'Navalny' as a prequel to Putin's aims

The war in Ukraine has rapidly recast “Navalny,” a fly-on-the-wall portrait of the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

The Independent UK

Kremlin critic Navalny says Russian soldiers killed Ukrainian who shares his name

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said Russian soldiers had killed a 60-year-old man called Ilya Navalny in the Ukrainian town of Bucha apparently just because he shared Navalny's last name.

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Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price

Teachers who disagree with the war are now joining the ranks of opposition activists, non-governmental organisation campaigners, and independent journalists

The Independent UK

Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price

Days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Andrei Shestakov opened a set of files in a WhatsApp group chat for history teachers like himself in his town in east Russia.

Reuters

New this week: 'Better Call Saul,' Bonnie Raitt and 'Barry'

This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Bonnie Raitt, Bob Odenkirk starts the long farewell season of “Better Call Saul” and “The Batman,” the biggest box-office hit so far this year, lands Monday on HBO Max

The Independent UK

Why does Russia keep poisoning people? The wild history of Moscow's chemical assassination plots

Billionaire Roman Abramovich is just the latest in a long line of people who suspect they may be the target of a Kremlin poison plot. Russia is well-practised in the art of chemical assassinations, but carrying out a murder using poison is inherently risky.

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Alexei Navalny calls for social media ‘information front’ against Russia

Jailed opposition leader urges west to support huge ad campaign in order to break through Kremlin Ukraine war propaganda

The Guardian - UK

Trump, Putin and their kind: Going down

Old-guard autocrats like Trump, Putin and Erdogan can't control information — in the end, that will destroy them

Salon

Russian court sentences Navalny ally to 6 months in jail - RIA

A Russian court on Thursday ordered the jailing for six months of Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, replacing earlier parole-like restrictions, a RIA news agency correspondent reported.

Reuters

Review: 'Navalny' gives a brave Russian dissident his taut, suspenseful close-up

The smoking gun moment in the sensationally gripping new documentary "Navalny" is something to see. We are deep in the investigative weeds with Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, and Christo Grozev, the Bulgarian journalist investigating the August 2020 poisoning that nearly ended Navalny's life. By this point in the…

Los Angeles Times

How swearing became a weapon of resistance for Ukrainians

Their enthusiastic use of bad language contrasts with Putin’s linguistic prissiness – and shows that Russia doesn’t own Russian

The Guardian - UK

Russia isn't likely to use chemical weapons in Ukraine – unless Putin grows desperate

Reports emerged from Ukraine on April 11, 2022, alleging that Russia had used a drone to drop an unknown chemical agent in the besieged southern city of Mariupol.

The Conversation

EXPLAINER: How to investigate alleged chemical attacks

Ukraine says it is investigating a claim that a poisonous substance was dropped on the besieged city of Mariupol

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What are chemical weapons and are they illegal?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed concern that Russia could deploy chemical weapons in the war and there has been an unconfirmed report of their use in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

The Guardian - UK

Navalny review – staggering portrait of Putin’s extraordinary arch-enemy

Absorbing documentary about the Russian opposition figure tells a story we all need to hear

The Guardian - UK

Navalny review – extraordinary documentary about the attempt to kill Putin’s rival

Daniel Roher directs a riveting account of how the charismatic Russian opposition leader narrowly survived being poisoned by a nerve agent

Al Jazeera

Putin’s daughters targeted in US sanctions: Who are they?

Latest sanctions target Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova as US accuses them of hiding their father’s wealth.

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The Independent UK

Journalists impeded, not muzzled, by Russian reporting rules

New restrictions placed on journalists in Russia have impeded but not muzzled reporting about the country and its war in Ukraine

Financial Times

Poison, planes and Putin: Abramovich’s race to save a fortune and stop the war

Since Ukraine was invaded, the Russian oligarch has been rushing to salvage his assets while conducting back-channel peace talks

Daily Mirror

Russian troops branded 'cowards' by commander in leaked voice note after defying Putin

A furious Siberian-based Interior Ministry commander recorded a six-minute voice note telling Russian riot police called on to fight in the war that they'd live a life of shame

Daily Mirror

Roman Abramovich may have been poisoned with World War One chemical agent or Novichok

The Chelsea owner was reportedly poisoned at recent peace talks as the war between his native Russia and Ukraine wages on - with experts now claiming what warfare agents were likely used

The Guardian - UK

Why is Abramovich playing peacemaker after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

The presence of previously publicity-shy billionaire at talks in Istanbul has surprised many

France 24

Top Navalny aide: 'Putin shortened his time in power when he went to war in Ukraine'

Leonid Volkov, a top aide to jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, spoke to FRANCE 24 from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday. He expressed concern about the safety of his boss, who was recently sentenced to nine more years in prison, saying that the world “should keep an eye…

The Independent UK

Russian poisoning plots: From Navalny to Litvinenko

Kremlin repeatedly accused of attempting to assassinate its enemies

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