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Navalny poisoning: Decoding the Kremlin's information war | #TheCube

In this 30-minute special edition of #TheCube, we examine the clash of information between east and west, and why Alexei Navalny is such an enemy of the Kremlin.

02/10/2020

Russia

Russian bailiffs seize Alexei Navalny's assets, says spokeswoman

Navalny's flat and some of his bank accounts were frozen while he lay in a coma in Berlin, the Kremlin critic's spokeswoman said on Thursday.

24/09/2020

World

Moscow says it has not seen evidence Navalny poisoned with Novichok

A Kremlin spokesperson says Moscow hasn't received any evidence from Germany that Russian opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

04/09/2020

Russia

Doctors say improvement in symptoms of Putin critic Alexei Navalny

On Friday, the Berlin hospital where Navalny is being treated said there was "some improvement" in his symptoms.

28/08/2020

Russia

Fourth week of anti-Kremlin protests in Russia's far-east

Thousands of protesters took to Russia's eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for a fourth consecutive weekend, up in arms over what they call a politically motivated arrest of the region's popular governor.

01/08/2020

Russia

Third protest in Russia's Far East demands fair trial for governor

Demonstrators in Khabarovsk, Russia, continue for the third week calling for a fair trial of the former regional governor, Sergei Furgal.

25/07/2020

Russia

Do protests in Russia's Far East show Putin's grip is weakening?

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the eastern city of Khabarovsk in spite of several Kremlin attempts to dissuade them. Are Moscow's once-reliable methods of control diminishing?

20/07/2020

Russia

Russia: Huge rallies after arrest of 'people’s governor' Sergei Furgal

Tens of thousands are protesting in the country's far east after the arrest of Sergei Furgal arrest amid charges of involvement in multiple murders. He got elected governor of the Khabarovsk region in 2018 after defeating the Kremlin-backed incumbent.

18/07/2020

Russia

Russian official says spying allegations relate to work as journalist

The lawyer of Ivan Safronov, who is accused of spying for a NATO country, says the allegations against him relate to his work as a journalist.

09/07/2020

Austria

Chechens protest over 'Kremlin-backed' killing of activist in Vienna

Austrian police say last weekend's killing of the 43-year-old, named locally as Anzor Umarov, could be politically motivated

09/07/2020

Syria

Erdogan warns Syrian regime against further attacks

The Kremlin hit back at Ankara, accusing it of disregarding its commitment under the agreement to stabilise the region.

13/02/2020

Europe News

Anyone who says they know what Putin will do is 'lying', says academic

But one thing is clear from yesterday's dramatic shakeup in Moscow - the Russian President has his sights set on the longterm.

16/01/2020

Russia

Armed police arrest 'warrior shaman' who wants Putin out of Kremlin

As many as 50 officers swooped in on Aleksandr Gabyshev and his followers.

19/09/2019

Russia

Moscow protester's 3.5-yr jail term for throwing rubbish bin at police

Yevgeny Kovalenko is one of several protesters to be jailed after being arrested at demonstrations in Moscow calling for free elections.

04/09/2019

Russia

Unexploded WWII bomb found in Kremlin

Vladimir Putin's schedule was not interrupted by the removal of the bomb.

15/08/2019

Russia

After 20 years in power, is Putin's grip weakening?

Friday marks Vladimir Putin's 20-year anniversary as Kremlin chief.

10/08/2019

Russia

Thousand detained at Moscow free elections protest

Russian police detained more than 1,000 people in central Moscow on Saturday during a protest over opposition candidates allegedly being prevented from taking part in city council elections.

26/07/2019

United Kingdom

RT tries to offer 'alternative view' of world affairs says presenter

Afshin Rattansi, who presents ‘Going Underground’ on RT, called the Media Freedom Conference a 'politicised charade' after the network was banned from attending.

11/07/2019

Russia

Russia to release investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, drop charges

Russian authorities will release investigative journalist Ivan Golunov and drop all charges against him after public outcry and claims he was framed

11/06/2019

Russia

Outcry over arrest of Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov

The arrest last week of Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov has caused widespread outcry amid allegations of a set-up by law enforcement

10/06/2019