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Now playing Next world news Germany, Poland & Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat action Moscow expelled three European diplomats last week for attending demonstrations in support in Alexei Navalny. The EU member states say their diplomats were observing the events. 08/02/2021
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Now playing Next Russia Alexei Navalny slams Kremlin 'PR project' in court defamation case The Russian opposition figure jailed earlier this week says charges that he slandered a World War II veteran are also politically motivated. 05/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Borrell: EU-Russia ties at 'lowest' ebb but no new Navalny sanctions EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell's visit to Moscow comes in a week that saw Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for nearly three years. 04/02/2021
Now playing Next Russia Top ally of Alexei Navalny faces Russian Investigative Committee Lyubov Sobol, Navalny's brother Oleg, and several other allies under house arrest, without access to the internet, for two months as part of a criminal investigation into the alleged breach of coronavirus restrictions. 04/02/2021