On May 23, a Ryanair plane made an emergency landing in Minsk. Among its passengers was Roman Protasevich, the former editor-in-chief of the Nexta telegram channel, one of the symbols of last year’s protests, writes BBC. On May 5, Roman Protasevich turned 26 years old. On his Twitter profile...
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was posthumously awarded the American Liberty Award, awarded annually by the International Republican Institute in Washington. The prize for Nemtsov was received by his colleague, deputy chairman of the PARNAS party, Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. “As a political leader, Boris Nemtsov has always stood apart. He always said...
The daughter of Russian oppositionist Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in February, Zhanna, said that she would donate seven hundred thousand euros to charity and support of independent journalism in the Eastern Partnership countries. On Tuesday, Nemtsova received the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize, which is awarded by the Polish government for outstanding...
According to Bloomberg, which cites three sources familiar with the situation, the Kremlin is "concerned about Navalny's popularity" and is denying him public status. The agency points out that the ban on mentioning Navalny's name was violated by the head of the state corporation "Rusnano" Anatoly Chubais, who during the debates with ...
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was pelted with eggs before a press conference at the headquarters of the Democratic Coalition in Novosibirsk, news agencies report from the scene. One of the participants in the picket against Navalny, who had gathered in front of the headquarters building, threw several eggs at him. A similar incident occurred on June 7 during...
The well-known journalist, editor-in-chief of the online publication “Daily Journal” Alexander Ryklin testified as a witness in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. “During his interrogation, Ryklin confirmed the information that the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, threatened Boris Nemtsov when he was in Gudermes,” Prokhorov said. By…
Kyiv authorities are considering the possibility of renaming one of the capital's streets in honor of the deceased Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said during the announcement of the results of the international open architectural competition “Territory of Dignity” (Terra Dignitas). “There is an idea to rename a street in Kyiv (in honor of...
On the fortieth day after the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov, his associates gathered on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, where he was shot on the night of February 28. Activists, among them Alexei Navalny, Gennady Gudkov, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Ilya Yashin, laid flowers in his place ...