The United Nations chief is calling for “a full, credible and transparent investigation” into the circumstances of Alexey Navalny’s death in a Russian prison. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is shocked” by the reported death of the opposition figure in detention, U.N. spokesman Stephane ...
Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny has died in a Russian prison. The country says it is investigating his death. He is one of the biggest critics of Russia and has organized some of the biggest anti-government protests in years.Feb 17, 2024 ...
In the hours after the first reports of Navalny’s death circulated — first on channels of the messaging app Telegram, then in the prison authority announcement, Putin remained silent on the subject. The official Tass news agency said the Russian leader had been notified of the death, but Pu...
Russian lawyer who accused police of corruption dies in prisonPhilip P Pan
A Zambian student who was serving a 9-year, six-month sentence in a Russian prison has been killed fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, the Zambian government announced Monday. Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo says Russian officials informed the Zambian government of the ...
Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who got cash and diamonds to spy for Russia and the Soviet Union in a notorious case, has died in prison.
US Secretary of StateAntony Blinkensaid: "His death in a Russian prison and the fixation and fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that Putin has built. "Russia is responsible for this."
In 2013, Russian-born Anna Sorokin created the identity of Anna Delvey, a fictitious wealthy German heiress living as a New York City socialite. According to theNew York Times, she “walked out on bills, connived her way into luxury and persuaded a bank employee to give her $100,000 she...
It is no accident Putin has once again sentenced Russian anti-corruption activist —Alexei Navalny— to nine more years in prison. Already in prison, he said "Words have power, Putin is afraid of the truth." The Ukrainians have already won the information war. The world has witnessed Russia...
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died.