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Hungary

Thousands protest in Hungary against Viktor Orbán's government

Some media estimated about 100,000 participants, making it one of the two largest opposition political demonstrations in recent years.

World News

Turkey's opposition make huge gains in local elections

Erdogan acknowledged the electoral setback in a speech, saying his party had suffered “a loss of altitude” across Turkey.

Russia

Pensioner defies Vladimir Putin with anti-war murals

The 85-year-old has been fined multiple times but says he has no intention of stopping.

Armenia

Russian campaigns against Putin from Armenia mountains

Yuri Alekseyev believes he would ended up in prison for a long time if he had stayed in Russia.

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Russia

Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday, spokesperson says

After several locations refused to host the service, Navalny's spokesperson confirmed that a site for the funeral of the Russian opposition leader has been found.

Russia

Alexei Navalny ally says he was about to be freed in a prisoner swap

Maria Pevchikh says negotiations for a prisoner exchange were in their final stages on the evening before his death.

Russia

Mother of late Kremlin critic Navalny shown son's body

Lyudmila Navalnaya said on Thursday she is resisting pressure from authorities to agree to a secret burial of her son.

Albania

Protests erupt in Albania against alleged government corruption

Angry citizens gathered in front of Albania's government headquarters in Tirana, throwing stones and flares at police officers.

Russia

More than 300 detained in Russia for paying respects to Navalny

Russians continue to lay flowers in tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny following his sudden death in an Arctic prison.

World News

Authorities say Navalny's death not criminal as body location unclear

Navalny died at 47 as he was serving a 19-year sentence handed out in 2021 on charges of extremism he had decried as politically motivated.

Russia

Russian anti-war sociologist jailed for five years over Crimea posts

Authorities opened a criminal case against Kagarlitsky for an online post about the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion.

Russia

Euroviews. The unexpected upside of Russia's liberal candidate who was not to be

Boris Nadezhdin’s role was to be a certified loser. Yet, as hopeless and uninspiring of a candidate he was, he unwittingly gave Russian liberals hope, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

Pakistan

Pakistan sentences Imran Khan and wife to 14 years in prison

Pakistan's former prime minister is already serving a three-year jail term for corruption.

Russia

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza moved to unknown location

The 42-year-old, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for high treason, is currently missing after being transferred to an unknown location.

Serbia

Protests against 'fraudulent' elections continue in Belgrade

Opponents of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić rallied outside the Constitutional Court building on Friday to press their demand that last month's election be annulled and held again over reported widespread irregularities.

World News

Serbian opposition supporters protest over December election 'fraud'

The protesters want the 17 December vote to be annulled and held again in free and fair conditions.

Korea

South Korean opposition leader stabbed in the neck on public visit

Emergency officials said Lee Jae-myung was conscious after the attack and wasn't in critical condition.

World News

Alexei Navalny says he is 'doing fine' in special regime Arctic prison

On Monday, the United States said it was "deeply concerned" about Navalny's "conditions of detention" and demanded his release. The Russian opposition leader was located nearly 3 weeks after losing contact with him.

World News

Serbian police fire tear gas at protesters threatening to storm city hall

Riot police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building on Sunday in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend.

Russia

Alexei Navalny's location still unknown after 15 days

Navalny's team last week announced he had suffered a "serious health incident," saying he had collapsed in the solitary cell he was being held in.