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Russians voted to extend Putin’s rule
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has won the presidential polls by a margin of more than 81%, according to the Central Election Commission. Putin, who has held the presidency since 2000, is expected to get a second six-year term. Opposition leader Alexey Navalny had challenged Putin in the polls but was disqualified by the Constitutional Court…
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Over 400 people are in Russia in mourning the death of Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was “murdered” and the authorities have been “deliberately stalling” the release of his body, Navalny’s team said on Saturday. Navalny died at a penal colony in Kharp city on Friday, following which his family demanded that his body be handed over to them immediately. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Navalny’s…
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The Center of Civil Liberties was the winner of the peace prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Sunday awarded the 2018 Peace Prize to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ally Alexey Navalny and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for their “long-standing devotion to human rights and democracy”. Lukashenko was detained in 2012 on charges of plotting against the government. Russia has been engaged in a…