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Russian President Vladimir Putin says an opulent palace featured in a video by his arch-critic Alexei Navalny doesn t belong to me .
The video called Putin s palace went viral on Russian social media last week - more than 86m people have watched it.
The palace, by the Black Sea, was allegedly financed by billionaires close to Mr Putin. It is said to have a casino, skating rink and vineyard.
Thousands of people rallied for Mr Navalny across Russia on Saturday.
Who is Alexei Navalny? And why are protesters in Russia demanding his release?
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Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to demand Mr Navalny be released from detention.
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Alexei Navalny s return to Russia has been anything but quiet.
Mr Navalny, Russia s opposition leader, was arrested earlier this month as he returned to Moscow for the first time since being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent in August.
He faces years in prison from a previous conviction he says is politically motivated, and political commentators say there are no easy ways for the Kremlin to deal with him.
Under the November 9–10, 2020 armistice declaration, Russia’s “peacekeeping” mission in Upper (Nagorno) Karabakh is limited to 1,960 motor-rifle troops with light weapons and armored personnel carriers (see EDM, November 12, 13, 2020). According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his end-of-year Q&A session with the public, any further inputs into this Russian mission would have to be approved by both …
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Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny boards a plane from Berlin to Moscow earlier this month.
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