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Associates of ‘poisoned’ opposition figure Navalny’s team could face 7 years in prison for taking evidence out of Russia

Posted on September 20, 2020September 20, 2020By Editor

Close aides of Alexey Navalny could end up in prison for removing evidence from Russia rather than reporting it to local investigators. They have admitted to exporting a water bottle with traces of a toxic substance to Germany. … Read More >Associates of ‘poisoned’ opposition figure Navalny’s team could face 7 years in prison for taking evidence out of Russia

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Navalny’s team say ‘bottle with Novichok’ was found in opposition figure’s Siberian hotel room after he fell ill on Moscow flight

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020By Editor

Traces of the poison Novichok were allegedly found on a water bottle in Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s hotel room in Tomsk, where he stayed the night before falling ill on a flight to Moscow last month. … Read More >Navalny’s team say ‘bottle with Novichok’ was found in opposition figure’s Siberian hotel room after he fell ill on Moscow flight

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‘No evidence’: EU Parliament using Navalny’s alleged poisoning to push for sanctions & halt Nord Stream project – German MEP

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020By Editor

The EU Parliament’s call for a probe into the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, along with new sanctions against Moscow, is just a manifestation of the establishment’s “anti-Russian sentiment.” … Read More >‘No evidence’: EU Parliament using Navalny’s alleged poisoning to push for sanctions & halt Nord Stream project – German MEP

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‘Anti-Russian hysteria’: Moscow hits back after EU Parliament calls for sanctions over alleged poisoning of activist Navalny

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020By Editor

After EU MEPs, on Thursday, called for sanctions over the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Moscow said the move merely fuels anti-Russia hysteria and is aimed at disrupting the Nord Stream 2 project. … Read More >‘Anti-Russian hysteria’: Moscow hits back after EU Parliament calls for sanctions over alleged poisoning of activist Navalny

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Russia Says OPCW Conducted ‘Covert Operation’ to Collect Navalny’s Samples

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020By Editor

Earlier in the day, OPCW said that its team of experts had independently collected samples from Navalny. It added that the results are forthcoming and will be shared with Berlin. … Read More >Russia Says OPCW Conducted ‘Covert Operation’ to Collect Navalny’s Samples

Austria’s president wants Nord Stream 2 completed, says it’s a ‘commercial project’ with no connection to Navalny incident

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen says he is against the idea of blocking Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline over the situation with the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Austria’s president wants Nord Stream 2 completed, says it’s a ‘commercial project’ with no connection to Navalny incident

Shows

CrossTalk Bullhorns, QUARANTINE EDITION: Failed regime change

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020By Editor

The forced regime change playbook – why it’s not working and will not work in Belarus. Also, the Navalny saga: who benefits from this very strange episode? … Read More >CrossTalk Bullhorns, QUARANTINE EDITION: Failed regime change

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Trump’s peace deal ‘gift’ to Netanyahu causing blowback (Full show)

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020By Editor

Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have signed an historic pact at the White House amid widespread protests. Critics say that the deal ignores Palestinian interests, isolates Iran and makes a new arms race more likely. … Read More >Trump’s peace deal ‘gift’ to Netanyahu causing blowback (Full show)

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Navalny posts FIRST picture from Berlin hospital: Spokeswoman insists he’ll return to Russia, Kremlin ‘happy’ to see his recovery

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020By Editor

Hope of a full recovery for Alexey Navalny received a boost on Tuesday morning, when the Russian opposition figure published a photo from Berlin’s Charite hospital for the first time since he was admitted on August 24. … Read More >Navalny posts FIRST picture from Berlin hospital: Spokeswoman insists he’ll return to Russia, Kremlin ‘happy’ to see his recovery

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Does he want to end his political ambitions? Top Eurocrat Borrell calls for Navalny’s name to be attached to EU ‘Magnitsky List’

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020By Editor

The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has proposed naming a new sanctions regime directed against Russia after Alexey Navalny. Such a move would surely destroy the anti-corruption campaigner’s oft-stated political aspirations. … Read More >Does he want to end his political ambitions? Top Eurocrat Borrell calls for Navalny’s name to be attached to EU ‘Magnitsky List’