on all opposition in russia? well, we see that in one sense that these attempts have not been effective because we can still hear from navalny s colleagues, from him in person what he thinks, what he wants to express. but the authorities never stop trying to invent new ways to silence him and to silence other governments critics in russia. so, for instance, a new criminal case which was launched three months ago against his lawyers. the latest on the first glimpse of alexei navalny. train drivers in germany have begun a three day strike, adding to travel disruption across the country as farmers continue to block roads in protest at planned subsidy cuts. the strike, called by the train drivers union, has forced national rail operator deutsche bahn to run only stripped back emergency timetables. about 80% of trains have been cancelled. the train drivers union