Will Yulia Navalnaya be as effective as her husband Alexei Navalny in organising the fractured Russian opposition and bring them together against President Vladimir Putin, who is all set to win another term?
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic Circle prison that earlier housed prisoners of 301st Gulag, who were condemned to work on Joseph Stalin’s doomed effort to build a railway line through northern Siberia.
Penal colonies, a unique feature in Russia, date back to the Russian Empire. They were later used by the Soviet Union when prison labour was used to accelerate industrialisation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Davos Agenda 2021 Wednesday but did not mention the growing protests in the country against the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny.
Navalny’s campaign to expose the nature of Russian power has been successful. He’s shown that one extraordinarily brave person can focus attention on the iniquity of an entire system.
Navalny's call to protest has social media buzzing and has prompted Russia's communications watchdog to clamp down. Several of his high-profile allies have been detained.
Navalny, who returned to Moscow after recovering from poisoning, faces about 3.5 years in prison at a hearing set for 2 February on charges he breached terms of a suspended sentence.
Alexey Navalny's anti-corruption exposes and success in galvanising anti-government votes has stoked tensions as Russia heads towards parliamentary elections this autumn.
Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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