On May 15, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill that bans "foreign agents" from being "candidates, candidates' agents, or observers during elections of all levels." When the State Duma voted into law this regulation on May 6, many experts asked themselves why this legislation was introduced in such a hurry.
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Russian law enforcement detained three of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's lawyers on suspicion of belonging to "an extremist group," Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh reported on Oct. 13.
Professor Vitaly Melnikov, a leading Russian space scientist, has died after allegedly being poisoning by 'inedible mushrooms' that left him fighting for his life for two weeks