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Shortlist for Time's Person of the Year Is Out

3 presidential candidates in the US and Mexico, including the 2 victors, make the cut

(Newser) - The year of 2024 was enough to make heads nod, shake, and spin. Time is out with the shortlist of the 10 people around the globe who induced the most of that, and they include some very familiar faces and past winners, along with a few newcomers. In alphabetical order:...

Navalny's Widow Aims to Take Putin's Job

Yulia Navalnaya says she wants to see Putin become 'an ordinary prisoner in Russia'

(Newser) - Alexei Navalny's widow says she will do everything she can to make Vladimir Putin's regime fall "as soon as possible"—and when he is out of power, she plans to run for president. Yulia Navalnaya tells the BBC that when free and fair elections can be...

Russian Court Orders Arrest of Navalny's Widow

Yulia Navalnaya, who is living abroad, reacts with defiance

(Newser) - Less than five months after dissident Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony , authorities are making a push to lock up his widow. A court in Moscow on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Yulia Navalnaya on extremism charges, reports the BBC . Navalnaya is living somewhere abroad,...

Navalny Wrote a Memoir Before His Death

'Patriot' will be out in October, says his widow

(Newser) - Alexei Navalny managed to write a memoir before his death in a Russian prison earlier this year , reports Reuters . Patriot will be released in the US and other countries in October—a move described by widow Yulia Navalnaya as a final gesture of defiance against the regime of Vladimir Putin,...

Putin Claims Biggest Win Yet, Saying He Has Russia's Trust

Preliminary Russian results show 88% support for incumbent

(Newser) - In announcing preliminary results that make Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 landslide look like a nail-biter, Russian officials said Sunday that President Vladimir Putin is on track to receive 88% of the national vote in his reelection bid. That would make his margin of victory about 10 percentage points higher than...

With Putin's Victory Not in Doubt, Russia Votes
Voting Begins in
'Sham' Russian Election
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 15, 2024 7:30 AM CDT

Voting Begins in 'Sham' Russian Election

Landslide Putin victory is not in doubt

(Newser) - Three days of voting in Russia's presidential election began Friday, and the only unknown about the outcome is how big Vladimir Putin's victory will be. The Russian leader's main political opponents are banned from running, jailed, exiled, or dead, and the only other candidates on the ballot...

Ukraine's First Lady Declines US Invite

As does the widow of Alexei Navalny, and the SOTU no-thank-yous may be related

(Newser) - President Biden gives his State of the Union address on Thursday night, and there have been a few newsworthy developments in regard to the guest list:
  • Declining: Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska declined a White House invitation, citing a schedule conflict, reports Politico . The plan was for her to sit
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Despite Warning, Thousands Bid Navalny Farewell

Kremlin says those who attend 'unauthorized gatherings' will be 'held accountable'

(Newser) - Several supporters of Alexei Navalny were reportedly arrested Friday as they left their homes to attend a memorial for the Russian opposition leader, per the Guardian . Allies said more than 1,000 people lined up outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows in...

'Come Early': Navalny's Funeral Set for Friday
'Come Early': Navalny's
Funeral Set for Friday
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 28, 2024 8:30 AM CST

'Come Early': Navalny's Funeral Set for Friday

Meanwhile, attorney who aided opposition leader's mother says he was briefly detained in Moscow

(Newser) - Alexei Navalny's funeral is set for Friday on the outskirts of Moscow, and his spokesperson has two words of advice for anyone hoping to attend, per the New York Times . "Come early," Kira Yarmysh wrote on X , noting that Navalny would be buried in Borisovskoye Cemetery after...

Russia Releases Navalny's Body
Russia Releases Navalny's Body
Feb 24, 2024 1:20 PM CST

Russia Releases Navalny's Body

Lyudmila Navalnaya apparently refused to negotiate with government

(Newser) - The Russian government has turned over the remains of Alexei Navalny to his mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, the opposition leader's aides said Saturday, per Al Jazeera . "Alexei's body was given to his mother. Thank you to everybody who demanded this with us," Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh posted...

Theories on Navalny's Death Begin to Emerge

As his mother files suit in an effort to get her son's body

(Newser) - The whereabouts of Alexei Navalny's body remain unknown, as does his cause of death . Russian authorities have said they will not release his body for the next two weeks as the preliminary inquest into his Friday death continues. But his mother has been fighting for access to her son'...

She Assumes the Role She Never Wanted
She Assumes
the Role She
Never Wanted
the rundown
Feb 19, 2024 12:15 PM CST

She Assumes the Role She Never Wanted

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, says she will carry on her husband's fight

(Newser) - Yulia Navalnaya always kept a remarkably low profile even as husband Alexei Navalny became a well-known figure around the world in his opposition to Vladimir Putin. All that has changed since the death of Navalny in a remote Russian penal colony. On Monday, the 47-year-old Navalnaya promised to continue her...

Navalny's Widow Issues Defiant Video

'I will continue the work of Alexei,' announces Yulia Navalnaya

(Newser) - If it wasn't immediately clear who would fill the void in Russia's opposition camp after the death of Alexei Navalny , it is now: His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, released a defiant video Monday in which she pledged, "I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny," reports the...

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