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(FILES) Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC), on the day Alexei Navalny's death was announced by the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Munich, southern Germany on February 16, 2024. - Alexei Navalny was a figurehead for Russian dissidents in exile around the world. They are now being forced to regroup following his death in an Arctic prison last week. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

Yulia Navalnaya calls for election day protest against Putin

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on Wednesday for Russians to stage an election day protest against President Vladimir Putin by forming long queues outside voting stations.
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Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023 election, Peter Obi. PHOTO: Peoples Gazette

Obi slams Nigeria government over Ukraine food aid

The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday, expressed his disappointment that Nigeria, a country that was once economically self-sufficient, now has to rely on food assistance from
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Roses are laid at a picture of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 29, 2024. - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral service will be held at a church in southern Moscow on March 1st 2024, allies of the politician said. "Alexei's funeral will be held in a church ... in Maryino on 1 March at 14:00 (1100 GMT). Come in advance," his team said in a social media post on February 28, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Mourners brave arrest to attend Navalny’s funeral

The funeral of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is due to take place in Moscow on Friday, with mourners braving the risk of arrest to come and pay their respects.
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(FILES) A protester holds candles and a picture of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, during a demonstration organised by the association "Russie-Libertes" at the Esplanade du Trocadero in Paris, on February 22, 2024. - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral service will be held at a church in southern Moscow on March 1st 2024, allies of the politician said. "Alexei's funeral will be held in a church ... in Maryino on 1 March at 14:00 (1100 GMT). Come in advance," his team said in a social media post on February 28, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Navalny — the Russian opposition leader who defied and died

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was so loathed by President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin leader refused to say his name in public. Navalny, whose death in an Arctic prison was announced
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow on February 2, 2021. (Photo by Handout / Moscow City Court press service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Moscow City Court press service / handout" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Navalny’s funeral set for Friday in Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral is planned for Friday in a Moscow church, his allies said, two weeks after his shock death in an Arctic prison.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin gifts North Korea’s Kim a Russian-made car: KCNA

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday, as the two countries bolster ties in areas from tourism to defence.
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(FILES) This handout file photograph handout provided by the Babushkinsky district court on February 12, 2021, shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with defaming a World War II veteran, standing inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow. - Russian prison officials are threatening to start force-feeding jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his team said on April 12, 2021, after he lost eight kilograms (18 pounds) since starting a hunger strike. (Photo by Handout / Moscow's Babushkinsky district court press service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Moscow's Babushkinsky district court press service / handout " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Navalny team says relatives refused access to his body for third day

The relatives of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been refused access to his body for a third day, his team said Monday, saying his mother was "not allowed" into a mortuary
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Women place flowers as they pay homage to Alexei Navalny, next to the Russian Embassy in France, (background) in Paris on February 17, 2024. - Russia's top opposition politician Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024, at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year term. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

Navalny’s ‘killers’ refusing to hand over body, allies say

Alexei Navalny’s supporters on Saturday accused Russian authorities of being “killers” who were “covering their tracks” by refusing to hand over his body, as the Kremlin stayed silent despite Western accusations and
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