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.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
I wish him all the best, he needs it