MOSCOW—A Russian court on Monday sentenced a Siberian shaman critical of President Vladimir Putin to enforced treatment in a psychiatric hospital for assaulting a member of Russia’s National Guard, his lawyer said. Alexander Gabyshev drew media attention when he set off in 2019 on what he said would be an 8,000-km (5,000-mile) walk to Moscow,…
Russian Court Sentences Shaman Critical of Putin to Psychiatric Treatment: Lawyer
Putin Says Russian Navy Can Carry out ‘Unpreventable Strike’ If Needed
MOSCOW—The Russian navy can detect any enemy and launch an “unpreventable strike” if needed, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, weeks after a UK warship angered Moscow by passing the Crimea peninsula. “We are capable of detecting any underwater, above-water, airborne enemy and, if required, carry out an unpreventable strike against it,” Putin said speaking…
Russian Upper House Votes To Exit From Overflight Treaty
MOSCOW—The Russian parliament’s upper house voted Wednesday to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities following the U.S. exit from the treaty. The vote comes after U.S. officials told Moscow last month that President Joe Biden’s administration had decided not to reenter the Open Skies Treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights…
Missing Siberian Doctor Who Treated Kremlin Critic Navalny Reappears After 3 Days
MOSCOW—A Siberian doctor who treated poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last year reappeared on Monday after being reported missing while on a hunting trip, Russian news agencies cited the regional government as saying. A search was launched in the forests of the Omsk region, about 1,370 miles east of Moscow, after physician Alexander Murakhovsky left…
Russia Expels Diplomats From Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
Russia on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of seven diplomats from Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, in retaliation for the expulsion of Russian envoys in the wake of Czech accusations that Russian intelligence was behind a deadly 2014 blast. Moscow and Prague are locked in their biggest row since the end of the Communist era in…
Russia’s Push to Replace Aussie Coal in China an Empty Threat
March 9, 2021
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Russia is planning to exploit trade tensions between Australia and China to move large quantities of its low-quality coal into the Chinese market and the rest of Asia. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with industry executives and government officials to discuss plans for drastically increasing coal export to Asia by up to 30…
Germany Urges EU to Prepare Sanctions on Russia Over Navalny
BRUSSELS—German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday urged his EU counterparts to give the green light to sanctions against Russian officials responsible for jailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and cracking down on pro-democracy activists. Berlin’s call paves the way for sanctions to be imposed next month in what the 27-member bloc says should be seen…
Russian Court Rejects Opposition Leader Navalny’s Appeal
MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Saturday rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal against his prison sentence, even as the country faced a top European rights court’s order to free the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. A lower court sentenced Navalny earlier this month to two years and eight months in prison for violating terms of his…
Russian Court Orders Kremlin Critic Navalny to 2.5 Years in Prison
MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to more than 2 1/2 years in prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as…
Court Fines Navalny’s Wife After Protests in Moscow
MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Monday ordered the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine of 20,000 rubles ($265) for violating protest regulations after she attended a demonstration in the Russian capital to demand his release. Tens of thousands protested across Russia’s 11 time zones on Sunday, chanting slogans against Russian President…
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