A YEAR after the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who claimed to have uncovered huge corruption in Russia's Interior Ministry, officials from the same ministry claimed this week that Mr Magnitsky himself was implicated in the fraud.The Independent (London, England)...
Separately activist Vladimir Kara-Murza speculated that fellow dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian penal colony in February, might still be alive had the West agreed the swap with the Kremlin sooner. He acknowledged how difficult it had been for Germany to agree to r...
Pushkin was fatally wounded in a duel with his brother-in-law, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, also known as Dantes-Gekkern, a French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment, who attempted to seduce the poet's wife, Natalia Pushkina. Birthplace: Moscow, Russia Nationality:...
Source: Diana Krechetova, “From Wall Street to the front line: the story of a paramedic who left her job at a major US bank to defend Ukraine,” Ukrainska Pravda: Life, 19 December 2023. Translated by Alien Bio-Robot from the Future. Thanks to TV Rain for the suggestion. You can ...
Rufina, a relative of an Astrakhan Kazakh who has died in the war in Ukraine, and a native of the Astrakhan Region’s Kamyzyak District, says that many residents of her village have gone to fight. Two other relatives of her parents are currently in Ukraine. “My mother, grandmother, and...
A possible swap for Krasikov had emerged in the case of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s main opposition figure, who died suddenly in a Russian penal colony in February. After his death, his associates said talks had been underway to exchange Navalny and a couple of American prisoners...
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After all, honouring the memory of those who died for the truth, we will continue to tell their immortal stories. Source: Media Memorial Day Natalia Kharakoz, journalist, author, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the National Writers’ Union of Ukraine, and head of ...
“They put everyone in cattle wagons, with no windows and locked doors. There was no sanitation. No water, no food. People died from hunger, thirst and dysentery. The soldiers just threw their bodies out at the train stations. Some people were able to hide their relatives’ bodies: those...
The build-up may have convinced US president Joe Biden to de-escalate tensions with Russia after Washington introduced new sanctions against Moscow and warned of “consequences” if opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been onhunger strike in a Russian jail, died in prison, Baunov said. ...