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© Getty Images Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests to take place on Wednesday over reports that his health is quickly deteriorating. The Associated Press reported that a top strategist for Navalny, Leonid Volkov, said the short notice was because “his life hangs in the balance....We don’t know how long he can hold on. But it is clear we do not have time.” The protests would take place at the Manezh Square in Moscow, outside the Kremlin’s walls and at St. Petersburg’s Palace Square, the AP reports. ADVERTISEMENT On Sunday, Russ...

Alexei Navalny, the most prominent Russian critic of President Vladimir Putin The FSB, the Russian successor to the Soviet-era KGB, nearly succeeded in murdering him last summer with a banned chemical weapon. The Russian judicial system jailed him for failing to report to his parole officer in connection with an earlier trumped up political conviction, even though he was then in a coma in a German hospital caused by the FSB’s poison. The Russian penal authorities have deprived Navalny of sleep and adequate medical treatment for herniated discs, leg numbness, loss of feeling in his...

China is making its neighbors nervous these days. Chinese fighter jets are screaming into Taiwan's airspace. Hundreds of armed Chinese "fishing boats" are plying the disputed waters of the South China Sea. And Beijing is slashing imports from some trading partners because of disputes over political issues. To push back against this increasingly aggressive behavior, regional powers Japan, India, and Australia, together with the US, are boosting cooperation via a 17-year-old grouping called the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or simply "The Quad." But how effectively can these four countries r...

The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing. Senior administration officials did not immediately identify the Russian officials targeted. The Biden administration also announced sanctions under the US Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act for 14 businesses and another enterprise, most of which it said were involved in production of biological and chemical agents. The US intelligence community concluded with high...

ALEXEI Navalny's connections in the West through his education and public support will cause tensions in Russia, a propaganda expert warned.