Detention puts Navalny out of action, but boosts his 'martyr' image to the anti-Putin cause just as he revs up a voting push that may hurt pro-Kremlin candidates in September's polls.
Russia's Investigative Committee said Navalny had spent $8 mn on personal purposes from donations transferred to various funds, including the Anti-Corruption Foundation he set up.
Putin accused Alexey Navalny of ties to US intelligence and said Russian agents needed to monitor him but denied that the opposition leader was poisoned.
Russia said it will retaliate against European Union's asset freezes and travel bans with reciprocal sanctions, the latest in a series of EU-Russia disputes.
At the 95th Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons session, ambassador Venu Rajamony said India was firmly opposed to any use of chemical weapons.
Physicians believe Navalny could make a full recovery from the Novichok poisoning, but say it's too early to gauge if there will be any potential long-term effects.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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.
I wish him all the best, he needs it