Ukraine war is Putin’s death warrant, says wife of jailed politician

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Admin

Vladimir Kara-Murza’s wife Evgenia says Russian president will fall over war in Ukraine

Vladimir Kara-Murza’s wife Evgenia thinks he will have been like a “hurricane contained inside a bottle” since he was arrested on 11 April in Moscow and held in pre-trial detention over a speech he had made in Arizona criticising the war in Ukraine.

“He has so much energy, so many ideas, and initiatives, that being contained within the four walls of a prison will be the hardest part for him,” said Evgenia, who has not been allowed to speak to him.

Putin promotes Chechen leader with ties to murder of Kremlin critic

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Admin

Ramzan Kadyrov promoted to lieutenant-general for his role in invasion of Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war: live updates

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has promoted Ramzan Kadyrov to lieutenant-general for his role in the invasion of Ukraine, which the Chechen leader is using to showcase his loyalty to Moscow and his own impunity.

This week Kadyrov claimed that a key ally linked to the 2015 murder of the Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, was injured fighting in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

Prague mayor under police protection amid reports of Russian plot

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Admin

Zdenêk Hřib says there is ‘risk to my life’ as magazine alleges he was poisoning target

The mayor of Prague has said he is under police protection from a “risk to my life”, with one Czech investigative outlet reporting he had been targeted in a Russian poisoning plot.

Zdeněk Hřib confirmed on Monday that police had placed him under protection several weeks ago after identifying a threat against him, but declined to say whether had been been targeted by Russia or reveal the nature of threat.

Russia avoids ‘Boris Nemtsov Square’ address for its Prague embassy

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Admin

Embassy denies Czech claims it changed address because it bore murdered politician’s name

The Russian embassy in Prague has said it will not take an address on Boris Nemtsov Square after the plaza in front of the building was renamed to honour the Russian opposition politician who was murdered in 2015.

Czech media reported last week that the embassy had changed its official address in order to avoid the reference to Nemtsov, a critic of Vladimir Putin who was gunned down in sight of the Kremlin.