Despite the heavy police presence, crowds thronged to the church where the Kremlin’s fiercest foe was laid to rest. Source: In pictures: Anger and despair as Russians bid farewell to Alexei Navalny
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The 70-year-old human rights advocate was convicted of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian army in an article where he condemned Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Source: Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Nobel Peace Prize winning group, sentenced to 30 months in jail in Russia
President Alexander Lukashenko has relied on subsidies and political support from his main ally, Russia, to survive the protests that followed his fraudulent re-election in 2020. Source: Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election amid boycott call