Tag: Opposition

Categories Latin America

Morales Slams El Alto Mayor Eva Copa Meeting With State Coup Plotters as ‘Treason’, Spokeswoman Says

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The former Bolivian president made the comments shortly after regional elections across the country, with the Movement for Socialism winning in three of nine governorates, a spokeswoman from a major organisation representing indigenous women in the Latin American nation said. … Read More >Morales Slams El Alto Mayor Eva Copa Meeting With State Coup Plotters as ‘Treason’, Spokeswoman Says

Categories Russia

Jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny announces end to hunger strike after seeing private doctors ahead of unauthorized protests

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Prominent anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny has told supporters that he will call an end to a weeks-long hunger strike, after prison officials arranged for him to be examined by private doctors for his back and leg pain. … Read More >Jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny announces end to hunger strike after seeing private doctors ahead of unauthorized protests

Categories Russia

Security forces make arrests as protesters take to streets of cities across Russia in support of jailed opposition figure Navalny

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Protests have begun in Moscow, hours after cities in the east of Russia saw similar rallies. The crowds, smaller than expected by organizers, are demanding the release of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, jailed since January. … Read More >Security forces make arrests as protesters take to streets of cities across Russia in support of jailed opposition figure Navalny

Categories Shows

Is conflict between the US & its allies v Russia & China inevitable? (Ex-UK ambassador to Russia)

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On this episode of Going Underground, we first speak to Sir Tony Brenton, the former UK ambassador to Russia. He discusses Boris Johnson’s decision to send UK warships to the Black Sea, Russia’s recent military build-up near the Ukrainian border for military exercises which have since concluded, Alexey Navalny’s imprisonment in Russia and his history of racist comments in the past, whether conflict between the US, NATO and its allies v Russia and China can be avoided, and much more … Read More >Is conflict between the US & its allies v Russia & China inevitable? (Ex-UK ambassador to Russia)

Categories Russia

Navalny already seen by four doctors & not at serious risk, Russian human rights chief says as activist’s allies protest jailing

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Russia’s human rights commissioner has announced that imprisoned opposition activist Alexey Navalny is receiving medical care during his hunger strike behind bars, and there are no serious concerns over his treatment at present. … Read More >Navalny already seen by four doctors & not at serious risk, Russian human rights chief says as activist’s allies protest jailing

Categories Russia

Jailed Russian activist Navalny moved to prison hospital after almost 3 weeks on ‘hunger strike,’ allies express fears for health

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Russia’s prison service has announced that opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been moved from jail to a specialist hospital facility for convicts. His supporters claim the activist has been refusing food for almost three weeks. … Read More >Jailed Russian activist Navalny moved to prison hospital after almost 3 weeks on ‘hunger strike,’ allies express fears for health

Categories Russia

Only ‘in the right circumstances’: US National Security Advisor Sullivan says possible Biden-Putin meeting not yet ‘on the books’

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A meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has still not been agreed, America’s top security official has revealed, adding that it’ll only happen if it can “move the relationship forward.” … Read More >Only ‘in the right circumstances’: US National Security Advisor Sullivan says possible Biden-Putin meeting not yet ‘on the books’

Categories Russia

Hackers leak database with over 500,000 emails used to sign up to website in support of jailed Russian opposition figure Navalny

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Hackers have compromised a database containing the email addresses of people who had registered on a website in order to campaign for opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s release from prison. It is now readily available online. … Read More >Hackers leak database with over 500,000 emails used to sign up to website in support of jailed Russian opposition figure Navalny

Categories Russia

Russians’ lack of sympathy for Navalny may be partly down to constant lies about the country from West’s media & political classes

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It’s been said that there are two very different Russias. The one 146 million live in and the version depicted by the anglophone media. Recent polling suggests that most Russians don’t share Western concerns about Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Russians’ lack of sympathy for Navalny may be partly down to constant lies about the country from West’s media & political classes

Categories Russia

Russian opposition figure Navalny sent to prison medical ward after inspections find symptoms of respiratory infection

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Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been transferred to a prison medical unit after showing symptoms of an acute respiratory infection, including a high temperature, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service. … Read More >Russian opposition figure Navalny sent to prison medical ward after inspections find symptoms of respiratory infection