Navalny had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
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After harshest crackdown since Soviet era, Putin extends rule in orchestrated election
President Vladimir Putin has sealed his control over Russia for 6 more years with a highly orchestrated landslide.
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North Korea has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia, says South Korea
Since the start of 2022, North Korea has used Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a distraction to ramp up its weapons tests and has also aligned with Moscow over the conflict.
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Ukraine launches far-ranging drone attacks on the final day of Russia’s presidential vote
Ukraine has launched a massive new wave of drone attacks as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for another six years
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Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied territories to take its passports – and fight in its army
Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into citizenship.
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Russians are voting in an election that holds little suspense after Putin crushed dissent
The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has crippled independent media and prominent rights groups and given Putin full control of the political system.
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Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
The European Union’s plans to produce 1 million artillery rounds for Ukraine have fallen well short, while aid for Ukraine is being held up in the United States by political differences.
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Ukrainians living under Russian occupation are coerced to vote for Putin
At least 27 people have been arrested for refusing to vote in the occupied areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, according to Pavlo Lysianskyi of the Eastern Human Rights Group.
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Putin again warns of nuclear response if Russian sovereignty is threatened
Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons in case of a threat to ‘the existence of the Russian state, our sovereignty and independence,’ the Russian president said.
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Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
The White House said that having Sweden as a NATO ally ‘will make the United States and our allies even safer.’