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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 497

Alexei Navalny

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting, discussing measures in response to the terrorist attacks at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, March 25, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
April 28, 2024, 3:54 pm
Report: US intelligence says Putin likely didn’t order Navalny killed in prison
Unnamed sources tell Wall Street Journal that US has not absolved Russian leader of overall responsibility for opposition politician’s death, noting Moscow hounded him for years
By Andrew Osborn
Preliminary voting results in the Russian presidential election are displayed on a screen at the Central Election Commission in Moscow on March 17, 2024. (STRINGER / AFP)
March 17, 2024, 11:54 pm
Polls close in Russia, as Putin set to extend rule with 87% of votes in early count
In victory speech, president hails sign of ‘trust’ in leadership, winning election against three token rivals after brutally crushing any meaningful opposition
By Emma Burrows and Dasha Litvinova
Voters queue at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, at noon local time on Sunday, March 17, 2024. (Validated UGC via AP)
March 17, 2024, 4:45 pm
Russians crowd polling stations in apparent protest against Putin
While incumbent leader’s victory is a foregone conclusion, allies of deceased rival Alexei Navalny say large turnout shows that there is ‘another Russia’
By AP
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on September 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
March 2, 2024, 1:17 pm
‘We need to be strong’: Family of US reporter jailed in Russia yearns for his release
Parents, sister of journalist Evan Gershkovich, share joy, pain of seeing him in Moscow court hearings amid allegations of espionage: ‘Just seeing his little mannerisms’
By Maria Danilova
Workers carry the coffin and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo)
March 1, 2024, 10:05 pm
Putin foe Navalny buried in Moscow as thousands attend under heavy police presence
No arrests reported at Kremlin critic’s funeral, which several churches refused to host; authorities still haven’t announced cause of death
By Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies
Demonstrators carry placards during a protest following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on February 16, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
February 28, 2024, 4:56 pm
Mourning Navalny, Russian expats hope to invigorate Israeli opposition to Putin
Memorials to the leading Kremlin critics have popped up across the country, eliciting interest and sympathy, even as Russia’s embassy in Tel Aviv allegedly tries to squelch support
By Maya Milova
US President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One to attend a fundraiser in San Francisco, February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
February 22, 2024, 11:41 am
In war of words, Biden calls Putin a ‘crazy SOB,’ Kremlin slams ‘Hollywood cowboy’
US president also calls out opponent Donald Trump, who compared himself to deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says MAGA crowds ‘have very little moral compass’
By Agencies
In this Sunday, February 24, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Pavel Golovkin, File)
February 20, 2024, 9:55 pm
US to impose ‘major sanctions’ on Russia over Navalny death, as Kremlin shirks blame
New sanctions to join existing ones from Russia-Ukraine war; US pressuring Kremlin to provide ‘complete transparency’ on circumstances of Navalny’s death
By Agencies
February 20, 2024, 7:09 pm
Navalny’s mother begs Putin to hand over his body
Five days after her dissident son’s death, Lyudmila Navalnaya petitions Russian president to allow her to bury him ‘like a human being’
By Emma Burrows and Dasha Litvinova
Natan Sharansky (left) and Alexei Navalny. (Collage/AP)
February 20, 2024, 2:43 am
After reading his book, Navalny corresponded with Sharansky about enduring in prison
News site publishes handwritten letters between the two dissidents, with former Prisoner of Zion urging now-deceased Russian opposition leader to ‘maintain your inner freedom’
By ToI Staff
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, addresses a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, February 19, 2024. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
February 19, 2024, 5:42 pm
Widow accuses Putin of killing Navalny, vows to keep fighting Kremlin
Yulia Navalnaya slams authorities for denying access to Russian opposition leader’s body, alleges attempt to cover up killing in Arctic penal colony, noting earlier poisoning
By AP
A woman touches a photo of Alexei Navalny after laying flowers paying the last respect to him at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
February 17, 2024, 3:03 pm
Navalny’s team confirms Kremlin critic’s death, says his mother is searching for body
Spokesperson says Russian opposition leader was ‘murdered,’ but local morgue denies holding body; further arrests in Russia at memorials for anti-corruption activist
By Emma Burrows
Demonstrators carry placards during a protest following the death in jail of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on February 16, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
February 17, 2024, 11:01 am
Hundreds rally for Navalny in Tel Aviv, Haifa as Israeli officials stay silent on death
Kremlin critic’s death, widely blamed on Putin, sparks protests among Russian diaspora; rallies also held in Jerusalem, Netanya, Karmiel; rights group says 100 detained in Russia
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A person holds a picture of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a vigil in front of the Russian embassy in Lisbon, Friday, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
February 17, 2024, 1:02 am
Western leaders accuse Kremlin of responsibility for Navalny’s death
BIden says ‘no doubt’ Russian dissident died as ‘a consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did,’ as Moscow fumes at ‘absolutely rabid’ accusations of foul play
By ToI Staff and Reuters
In this Sunday, February 24, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Pavel Golovkin, File)
February 16, 2024, 2:12 pm
Russia’s prison service says imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died
Fierce Putin critic had been behind bars since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin
By Jim Heintz
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