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Navalny aides say Moscow gave Russian figure’s mother 3-hour ultimatum over burial

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A spokeswoman for the late Alexei Navalny has stated that Russian authorities had told his mother he would be buried in the penal colony where he died unless she agreed within three hours to lay him to rest without a public funeral.
Europe

Discontent towards Russia’s Putin on rise: Former speechwriter

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Discontent toward Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian society is on the rise, according to Abbas Gallyamov, Putin's former speechwriter.
Europe

UK imposes sanctions on six officials at prison where Russia’s Navalny died

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Senior prison officials at the Arctic penal colony where the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died will be banned from the UK and have their assets frozen, under sanctions announced by Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
Europe

EU calls for ‘international investigation’ into Russian opposition activist’s death

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Moscow must allow an international investigation into the death of opposition figure and anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny, EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has stated.
Europe

Alexey Navalny’s wife says Russian authorities hiding the opposition figure’s body

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Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says that Russian authorities are hiding her husband's body and “lying pathetically”, while waiting for traces of poisoning to disappear.
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Iranian daily warns officials not to trust ‘KGB agent’ Putin

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After the death of Russian opposition leader and government critic Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony on Friday, the country’s President Vladimir Putin is once again in the spotlight for the incident.
Europe

Over 400 detained in Russia while mourning death of Alexei Navalny

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More than 400 people were arrested in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group has reported.
Europe

UK says to take action over Russia opposition figure death

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The United Kingdom will take action over the death in prison of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and is calling on other countries to do likewise, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated on Saturday.
Europe

Russia prison service confirms opposition leader Alexey Navalny has died

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Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has died, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets Region, where he had been serving his sentence, reported on Friday.
Europe

Russia says close to ‘cancer vaccines’

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Russian medical scientists are working on vaccines against cancer and a new generation of medication, President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
Europe

EU needs Moscow more than we need them:  Russia’s Putin

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Moscow has shown true resilience by not bowing to foreign pressure, President Vladimir Putin has said. He stated that Russia is a “self-sufficient country”, whose economy is growing despite the sanctions, while EU member states are living through “difficult times".
Europe

EU has other problems to solve before creating ‘European Army’: Russia

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The European Union should solve more important problems before forming its own army, Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated, commenting on Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani's statement.
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Iranian daily harshly criticizes Russia’s stance on Gaza

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An Iranian daily says Russia’s position on Gaza amid the months-long Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the besieged territory has been aligned with the US, warning officials in Tehran that Moscow is not a reliable partner in the international arena. 
Europe

Russia not to back down: Putin

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Russia can solve the most difficult problems and will never back down, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his New Year’s address, stressing that nothing can divide the people of Russia.
Europe

Russia official says Moscow’s oil supplies to EU dropped 90%

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Moscow's oil sales to the Europran Union have shrunk to a tenth of the former level due to Western sanctions, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has announced.
Europe

Western elites ‘provoking crises’ around the world: Russia

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The West is sowing chaos around the globe, fueling conflicts to satisfy its own needs at the expense of others, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed.
Europe

Number of candidates for Russian presidential election tops 30

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More than 30 people are seeking nomination as candidates for the post of Russian president, the campaign will definitely be competitive, Russian Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova told TASS in an interview.
Europe

Russian central bank discloses most ‘painful’ sanctions against Moscow

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The seizure of Russian assets, including funds belonging to millions of private investors, and restrictions on international payments have been the most “painful” sanctions imposed by Western states over the Ukraine conflict, the head of the Russian central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, told RBK in an interview on Monday.
Middle East

Russia says Israel cannot carry out ‘collective punishment’ of Gazans

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated it is unacceptable that Israel is using Hamas’s October 7 offensive as justification for a collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza. He has called for international monitoring of the situation on the ground in the besieged strip.
Europe

Putin says to run for Russian presidency in 2024 election

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that he will seek reelection. Should he win, it will be his fifth term as the Russian head of state.
Europe

Russian oil price cap has ‘largely failed’: Report

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The price limit imposed by the G7 and EU states on Russian seaborne oil sales has essentially failed, Politico has reported, citing new research.
Europe

Report: West seeking to tighten Russian oil sanction regime

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Western states are pressuring Liberia, the Marshall Islands, and Panama to boost checks of ships sailing under their flags to ensure they are not used to help Russia bypass sanctions, Reuters has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Europe

Joint CSTO air defense system de facto created: Russia

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A joint air defense system between Russia and the former Soviet Republics that make up the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has actually been created, despite it not being reflected in any documents, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has stated.
Europe

Russia says west ‘struggling’ with sanctions

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Moscow has managed to turn the tables on the west when it comes to sanctions placed on Moscow, the Kremlin has announced, arguing that a myriad of restrictions failed to crash the Russian economy.
Europe

Kremlin says Putin hasn’t decided to run for 2024 presidential election

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided whether he would run for his fifth presidential term in 2024, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
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