Russian police officers had been secretly filming an opposition activist inside her bedroom for months before she was detained and charged under a new law on “undesirable organisations” in a move that has been described as "outrageous."Anastasia Shevchenko, 40, has been under house arrest for a year after she was slapped with charges related to her work for a civic group founded by Kremlin critic and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.Investigators in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don uncovered footage earlier this month, which showed the single mother of two in her bedroom, her...…Russian police officers had been secretly filming an opposition activist inside her bedroom for months before she was detained and charged under a new law on “undesirable organisations” in a move that has been described as "outrageous."Anastasia Shevchenko, 40, has been under house arrest for a year after she was slapped with charges related to her work for a civic group founded by Kremlin critic and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.Investigators in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don uncovered footage earlier this month, which showed the single mother of two in her bedroom, her...WW…

China and Russia on Tuesday lashed out at the “destructive” behaviour of the United States and called for a UN Security Council summit to establish stability between global superpowers.The rare show of diplomatic unity came after a Western coalition imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over alleged interment camps in Xinjiang, where as many as a million Uighur Muslims are said to have been held in slave-like conditions.China on Tuesday summoned the British and EU ambassadors over the coordinate sanctions.After meeting in the Chinese city of Guilin,...…China and Russia on Tuesday lashed out at the “destructive” behaviour of the United States and called for a UN Security Council summit to establish stability between global superpowers.The rare show of diplomatic unity came after a Western coalition imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over alleged interment camps in Xinjiang, where as many as a million Uighur Muslims are said to have been held in slave-like conditions.China on Tuesday summoned the British and EU ambassadors over the coordinate sanctions.After meeting in the Chinese city of Guilin,...WW…

A Moscow court has ordered four allies of Alexei Navalny to stay under house arrest for another three months, in the latest move by the Kremlin to clamp down on opposition.Russia has seen widescale anti-government unrest since Mr Navalny, who was poisoned last summer and taken to Germany for treatment, returned to Russia in January and was arrested.The country was roiled by three weeks of nationwide anti-government protests, openly encouraged by Mr Navalny and his team.The demonstrations led to and authorities are also now pressing charges against Mr Navalny’s most prominent allies in...…A Moscow court has ordered four allies of Alexei Navalny to stay under house arrest for another three months, in the latest move by the Kremlin to clamp down on opposition.Russia has seen widescale anti-government unrest since Mr Navalny, who was poisoned last summer and taken to Germany for treatment, returned to Russia in January and was arrested.The country was roiled by three weeks of nationwide anti-government protests, openly encouraged by Mr Navalny and his team.The demonstrations led to and authorities are also now pressing charges against Mr Navalny’s most prominent allies in...WW…

Several hundred people paid their respects last week at a funeral in Russia for the Chechnyan teenager who beheaded a teacher in France over cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad.Samuel Paty, a 47-year old history teacher, became the target of a hostile online campaign after discussing the cartoons in a class on freedom of speech and was eventually attacked and murdered by Abdoulakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, in October.Anzorov was shot dead by police shortly after the attack on October 16. His body was repatriated to Russia last week to allow his family to bury him in his...…Several hundred people paid their respects last week at a funeral in Russia for the Chechnyan teenager who beheaded a teacher in France over cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad.Samuel Paty, a 47-year old history teacher, became the target of a hostile online campaign after discussing the cartoons in a class on freedom of speech and was eventually attacked and murdered by Abdoulakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, in October.Anzorov was shot dead by police shortly after the attack on October 16. His body was repatriated to Russia last week to allow his family to bury him in his...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/moscow-russia-elections-international-news-europe-967e32974cab4ca99ce347ef6d63c261Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/moscow-russia-elections-international-news-europe-967e32974cab4ca99ce347ef6d63c261Click to copyRelated topicsMOSCOW (AP) — Russian police raided the homes and offices of supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 43 cities on Thursday, his close allies said.So far, more than 200 raids have taken place across Russia from Vladivostok on the Pacific to Krasnodar in Russia’s south.Police have also searched the home of Sergei Boyko, a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/moscow-russia-elections-international-news-europe-967e32974cab4ca99ce347ef6d63c261Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/moscow-russia-elections-international-news-europe-967e32974cab4ca99ce347ef6d63c261Click to copyRelated topicsMOSCOW (AP) — Russian police raided the homes and offices of supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 43 cities on Thursday, his close allies said.So far, more than 200 raids have taken place across Russia from Vladivostok on the Pacific to Krasnodar in Russia’s south.Police have also searched the home of Sergei Boyko, a...WW…