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☆ Putin saw an existential threat in Navalny, the opposition leader whose name he dared not mention
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Alexey Navalny once represented an alternative future for Russia: an optimistic, forward-looking place, free of the one-man rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It would be hard to overstate how profoundly Navalny symbolized Putin’s relentless drive to erase the last remnants of political opposition from Russia. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesWhat followed was a parody of criminal justice, as Russian prosecutors heaped on charges against Navalny, who continued to rail against Putin. Navalny had emerged as the most prominent leader of the Russian opposition following the assassination of outspoken Putin critic Boris Nemtsov in 2015, in plain view of the Kremlin. Putin famously refused to utter Navalny’s name, hinting at the deep unease about the legitimacy Navalny commanded as opposition leader.

Persons: CNN — Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Navalny, Alexei Navalny, Kirill Kudryavtsev, gaunt, “, ” Navalny, –, ”, I’m, Yulia, Vasily Maximov, Putin, Boris Nadezhdin, Boris Nemtsov, Nemtsov, Lyubov Sobol, Mikheil Saakashvili –, Ukraine’s, Saakashvili, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, Getty, Putin, IK, Valentine’s, “, Twitter Locations: Russia, Moscow, Berlin, AFP, Kharp, Autonomous Okrug, Ukraine, Russian, Navalny, Kyiv’s

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and seeks to reverse Russia's declining population. In 2012, the number of “social reasons” for allowing abortion between weeks 12 and 22 was cut to just in the case of rape. He also moved to restrict abortion pills, which are approved to be taken to end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks.

Persons: —, Josef Stalin, Vladimir Putin, ”, Lina Zharin, we’re, Michele Rivkin, natalist ”, Rivkin, Fish, Mikhail Gorbachev's, Boris Yeltsin, Lyubov, ” Rivkin, Tatyana Golikova, Mikhail Murashko Organizations: Kremlin, Orthodox Church, University of North, Abortion, Conservative, Russian Association of Population, Health, Russian Association for Population, Development, Health Ministry Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Russia, Kaliningrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel, —

Last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision rescinding a five-decade-old right to abortion has reshaped American abortion policy, shifting power to states. Sales of abortion pills in 2022 were up 60%, according to Nikolay Bespalov, development director of the RNC Pharma analytical company. A recent Health Ministry decree restricted circulation of abortion pills, used to terminate pregnancies in the first trimester. Regional authorities have tried to get private clinics to stop offering abortions, with varying success. In Tatarstan, about a third of all private clinics no longer provide them, officials said.

Persons: heartened Dasha, Vladimir Putin, Yakovleva, ”, Michele Rivkin, rescinding, Putin, Mikhail Murashko, Nikolay Bespalov, Yekaterina Hivrich, Irina Fainman, Fainman, Pyotr Tolstoy, Irina Volynets, Lina Zharin, ” Natalya Moskvitina, Moskvitina, Olga Mindolina, Mindolina, Anastasia, “, Lyubov Organizations: Associated Press, Nationwide, Health Ministry, University of North, Supreme, Russian Orthodox Church, Health, AP, Authorities, Lahta Clinic, Conservative, Women Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Kaliningrad, Russia, U.S, University of North Carolina, Last, Soviet Union, ” State, Ukraine, St . Petersburg, Karelia, Tatarstan, mulling, Chelyabinsk, Mordovia, Voronezh

☆ Meet the Prigozhins: What to know about the Wagner boss and the relatives who help run his business empire
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Though little is publicly known about Yevgeny Prigozhin's family, many of them help run his vast business empire. At the time of writing, Prigozhin's family has not publicly responded to the condolences. Prigozhin's family members — many of whom were subject to Western sanctions from 2022 onward — have had varying levels of involvement in Prigozhin's business empire, the Financial Times reported in April. His son, Pavel Prigozhin, used to fight alongside the Wagner GroupPavel Prigozhin, son of Yevgeny Prigozhin. Polina was also named by the US Treasury Department as playing a role in Prigozhin's business empire.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Prigozhin's, Prigozhin's Wagner, Violetta Prigozhina, Molfar, Violetta, Prigozhina, Lyubov Prigozhina, Lyubov, Pavel Prigozhin, Pavel, Polina, Polina Prigozhina, Veronika, Russia —, Yevgeny, —, Veronika Prigozhina, EU Veronika Prigozhina Organizations: Service, Financial Times, Agat, Concord Management, Consulting, Swiss, US Treasury Department, Wagner, Wagner Group, Treasury Department, International Federation for Equestrian Sports, US, FT Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russia's Tver, Moscow, Russian, St . Petersburg, Syria, Lakhta, Ukrainian, Russia, EU, Petersburg

☆ Ukraine reports fierce fighting, 'some success' in counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File PhotoSummary Ukraine says its troops push back Russians in southeastMines hampering advancesCounteroffensive making slower-than-hoped progressKYIV, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and "some success" in pushing back Moscow's troops in one part of the southeast where Ukrainian forces are trying to retake Russian-occupied territory. Progress has been hampered by widespread Russian-laid minefields and strong fortifications, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said. But the Ukrainian military had pushed forward around the village of Staromaiorske, around 60 miles southwest of Russian-held Donetsk, and was pressing on two fronts in the south, Maliar said. She also said Russian troops were continuing their assault around the eastern towns of Kupyansk and Lyman, where she said they were regrouping. "The Russians have intensified these offensives after success of the Ukrainian army on Bakhmut axis," Maliar said.

Persons: Lyubov Tolchina, Vitaly, Alexander Ermochenko, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Dan Peleschuk, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Monday, Troops, Kyiv, Armed Forces, Ukrainian, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Mines, Staromaiorske, Urozhaine, Moscow, Ukraine's, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Kupyansk, Crimea, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson

☆ Scientists have revived 'zombie' bugs and viruses before that were trapped in ancient ice. One may have been 8 million years old.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Scientists have previously revived ancient bacteria and prehistoric viruses that had been trapped. Scientists have a long record of resurrecting prehistoric viruses and ancient bacteria frozen in ice. However, as the climate crisis is melting ancient ice sheets worldwide, experts are growing concerned that prehistoric viruses could pose a risk to humanity. Other research has found 28 prehistoric viruses dating back 15,000 years in frozen ice cores. It's very difficult to keep samples pristine when extracting ancient ice, and even more difficult to conclusively date the ice.

Persons: Lonnie Thompson, Jean, Michel Claverie, it's, Birgitta Evengård, It's, hadn't Organizations: Service, Privacy, The Ohio State University, Byrd, Climate Research, Umea University, CNN Locations: Yao, Tibetan, French, Antarctica, Russia

☆ Navalny campaigner jailed for 7.5 years for 'extremism' by Russian court
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters) - A former campaign leader for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on Wednesday for "creating an extremist organisation", rights group OVD-Info said. Navalny supporters reacted with outrage to the sentence against Liliya Chanysheva, the former campaign chief for Navalny in the Urals city of Ufa. Navalny aide Lyubov Sobol called it a political verdict, saying President Vladimir Putin had "put one more hostage in a penal colony". Human rights groups and Western governments view Navalny as a political prisoner. Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Mark Trevelyan; editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Navalny, Liliya Chanysheva, Lyubov Sobol, Vladimir Putin, Putin's, Mark Trevelyan, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Navalny, Kremlin, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Ufa, Navalny

☆ Russian soldiers 'forced me to dig my own grave': US lawmakers hear accounts of Russian war crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A 57-year-old Ukrainian woman from Kherson testified to US lawmakers that Russian forces beat her, threatened to rape her and forced her to dig her own grave. Lyubov’s story was one of two powerful and horrific testimonies shared with House Foreign Affairs Committee members at a hearing about Russian war crimes Wednesday. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, who also testified at the hearing, said his office registered around 80,000 incidents of potential war crimes, and to date has convicted 31 Russians for war crimes in Ukrainian courts. “These are more than war crimes. Roman was able to make his way back to Ukraine with the help of volunteers from the country, the representative said.

Since the early days of the invasion, Mr. Putin has conceded, privately, that the war has not gone as planned. “I think he is sincerely willing” to compromise with Russia, Mr. Putin said of Mr. Zelensky in 2019. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. “I think this war is Putin’s grave.” Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, a Russian prisoner of war held by Ukraine, in October.

☆ Membri ai opoziției din Rusia critică un proiect de lege anti-Navalny
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Este o altă „lege anti-Navalny”, a scris pe Twitter Leonid Volkov, un confident apropiat al liderului opoziției în vârstă de 44 de ani. Mai mulți deputați au introdus marți un proiect de lege în parlamentul rus care ar priva membrii organizațiilor extremiste de drepturile lor de vot timp de ani de zile. Personalul politic regional al figurinei opoziției a fost deja trecut pe lista organizațiilor extremiste și teroriste de către autoritatea de supraveghere financiară responsabilă Rosfinmonitoring la sfârșitul săptămânii trecute. Volkov a scris că acțiunea parlamentarilor a arătat teama față de asociații Navalny, precum avocatul proeminent Lyubov Sobol. Sobol a dorit să candideze pentru un loc în parlament la alegerile de la Duma din această toamnă.

Persons: Duma de Stat, Aleksei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, Navalny, Volkov, Sobol, Duma Locations: Moscova

☆ Oamenii legii îi arestează pe cei care au venit să-l întâlnească pe Navalnîi, la aeroportul Vnukovo
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Oamenii legii au început să-i reţină pe cei care au venit să-l întâlnească la aeroportul Vnukovo, pe Navalnîi. Corespondentul Novaya Gazeta, Vlad Dokshin, asistentul lui Navalnîi, Ilya Pakhomov, avocatul Aleksey Molokoedov și directorul central al lui Navalnîi, Anastasia Kadetova, deasemenea au fost reținuți, potrivit meduza.io. În jurul orei șase, polițiștii au început să forțeze oamenii să iasă pe stradă. Aceştia se adunaseră la intrarea în aeroportul Vnukovo, unde urma să sosească politicianul Alexei Navalnîi. Cei care nu zboară nicăieri, au fost rugaţi de oficialii de securitate să părăsească clădirea aeroportului prin intermediul difuzoarelor.

Persons: Konstantin Kotov, Vlad Dokshin, Navalnîi, Anastasia Kadetova, Alexei Navalnîi

☆ (foto) Top 10 cele mai sexy femei din Rusia în 2020, potrivit revistei Maxim
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Faimoasa revistă pentru bărbați Maxim din Rusia, a realizat și în acest an topul celor 100, cele mai sexy femei din țară. Cititorii au fost invitați să aprecieze femeile după frumusețea exterioară. Într-un final, în urma suprapunerii votului cititorilor cu cel al juriului cele 100 de gemei au fost clasate pe locuri. Noi am decis să vă prezentăm primele 10 poziții din acest top, prin urmare, 10 cele mai sexy femei din Rusia. #10 – Nastia KamenskykhView this post on Instagram A post shared by NK | Nastia Kamenskykh (@kamenskux)#9 – Natalia RudovaView this post on Instagram A post shared by Natalia Rudova (@rudovanata)#8 – Anna KasterovaView this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Kasterova (@anna_kasterova)#7 – Elena TemnikovaView this post on Instagram A post shared by Elena Temnikova ・ Темникова (@lenatemnikovaofficial)#6 – Viki OdintcovaView this post on Instagram A post shared by VIKI ODINTCOVA (@viki_odintcova)#5 – Masha GorbanView this post on Instagram A post shared by МАША ГОРБАНЬ (@gorban_masha)#4 – Irina ShaykView this post on Instagram A post shared by irinashayk (@irinashayk)#3 – Yana KoshkinaView this post on Instagram A post shared by Яна Кошкина (@yana_koshkina_official)#2 – Vera BrezhnevaView this post on Instagram A post shared by Vera Brezhneva (@ververa)#1 – Lyubov AksenovaView this post on Instagram A post shared by Любовь Аксёнова (@im_lyubovaksenova)Vedeți aici întreg top 100.

Persons: Maxim din, în, prin urmare, Găsiți, Nastia Kamenskykh, Natalia Rudova, Anna, Anna Kasterova, Elena Temnikova, Elena Temnikova ・, Viki Odintcova, VIKI ODINTCOVA, Masha Gorban, Irina Shayk, Vera, Vera Brezhneva, Темников, Яна Кошкин, Любовь Аксенов Organizations: NK, irinashayk, ̈ Locations: Noi, jos, Anna Kasterova

☆ В России отмечают День народного единства
▼ + stars: | 1612-10-04 | by ( ) newsmd.md time to read: +1 min

Памятник Кузьме Минину и Дмитрию Пожарскому – не просто главный монумент героям Смутного времени, но и первый памятник МосквыКузьма Минин в 1611 году обратился к народу с просьбой создать ополчение, а воеводой стал Дмитрий Пожарский. Под знамена восстания встали поместные люди, казаки, стрельцы и крестьяне.4 ноября 1612 года ополчение с чудотворной иконой Казанской Божией Матери взяло штурмом Китай-город и выдворило поляков из Москвы.Официально в современной России праздник утвердили и сделали 4 ноября выходным днем в конце 2004 года. Впервые в России отметили этот праздник 4 ноября 2005 года. Он символизирует сплочение народа, благодаря которому и произошла большая победа.Россию в гари и кровиОт ляхов лихоимстваМы снова вспоминаем в дниНародного единства:Москву сожжённую врагом,Смятенье в сердце каждом,Кровопролитие кругомИ смерть невинных граждан.Устои все потрясены,В душе народа смутаИ выйти в бой за честь страныПриходится кому-то.Пожарский, Минин, слава вам,Быть вновь Москве свободной.Снискали славу по деламВы в памяти народной.Нижегородские полкиВ сражение вступили.Пусть жертвы были велики,Враг изгнан из России.По материалам СМИ: .mperspektiva.ru и chto-takoe-lyubov.net

Persons: Кузьма Минин, Дмитрий Пожарский, МосквыКузьма Минин, Смятенье, Пожарский, Минин, Враг Organizations: кровиОт, СМИ Locations: Китайгород, Москва, Россия

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