Questions tagged [alexei-navalny]
For questions about the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Use together with the [russian-federation] tag.
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Which laws are relevant to evaluate whether the EU might launch further sanctions against Russia in the case of Alexey Navalny?
I reflect on which sanctions might be taken by the EU against Russia since they demonstrate again by the case of Navalny how they treat human rights of the oppostion in Russia. Since my research on ...
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How can Navalny communicate with the outside world from a top security Russian prison?
One of the most important parts of the prison detention, that the convict can not communicate, or only on very limited ways (like once in a month can meet his family or so). Sometimes there are same ...
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Why exactly has Alexei Navalny been denied the status of "Prisoner of conscience" by Amnesty International?
Amnesty International has denied Alexander Navalny the status of Prisoner of conscience because in the past he publicly stated things that were racist, xenophobic and incited violence.
What statements ...
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Which laboratories confirmed Navalny was poisoned by Novichok?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-14/german-govt-labs-confirm-navalny-was-poisoned-with-novichok
The German government said tests by labs in France and Sweden backed up findings by a ...
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What are the implications of the poisoning of Alexey Navalny with respect to the proliferation and use of banned chemical weapons?
On November 28th 2019, as a consequence of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) updated its Chemical Weapons ...
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Why is the international community concerned about the poisoning of Alexei Navalny? [closed]
Angela Merkel recently condemned the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny:
"It is shocking information about the attempted murder by poison of one of Russia's leading ...
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Why did Putin allow Alexey Navalny to be transferred from Russia to Germany? [closed]
Alexey Navalny, Russia's (Putin's) opposition leader, was transferred yesterday from Siberia to Berlin for emergency treatment (for a suspected poisoning).
Russian doctors permitted him to be ...
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Why would Putin even bother barring Navalny from participating?
The BBC describes Navalny as Putin's main opposition rival (example article), despite the fact that he has rarely scored over 2% in opinion polls (at least two other opposition candidates score ≥6%). ...
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How does the disqualification of Alexei Navalny affect the legitimacy of the Russian presidential elections? [closed]
Now that Alexei Navalny has been barred from the elections Vladimir Putin will be the only candidate in the Russian elections to be held next year. Is it illegal to bar a candidate even though he is ...
