KHARP, Russia (Reuters) -Alexei Navalny’s mother was told on Saturday that Russia’s most prominent opposition leader had been struck down by “sudden death syndrome” and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team said. Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, fell unconscious and died on Friday …
BERLIN (Reuters) – German defence company Rheinmetall plans to open an ammunition factory in Ukraine as part of a joint venture with a Ukrainian partner, it said on Saturday. Rheinmetall, one of the world’s biggest producers of artillery and tank shells, began ramping up production after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which faces acute shortages …
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By John Irish MUNICH (Reuters) – Norway is “ready to stand up and be counted” on defence spending ahead of a NATO Washington summit in July, the Nordic country’s prime minister told Reuters on Saturday, adding that Oslo was preparing a new long-tem defence plan The country last year set a target for the first …
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MUNICH (Reuters) – Ukraine will become a member of the European Union and also of NATO, but it cannot enter the military alliance while it is still at war with Russia, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Saturday. “The message to Russia is very clear: Ukraine will be a member of the European Union, …
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By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) -The Hungarian parliament can ratify Sweden’s NATO membership when it convenes for its new spring session later this month, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told his supporters on Saturday. “It’s good news that our dispute with Sweden will soon be settled,” Orban said in a key speech. “We are going in …
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By Andrew Gray MUNICH (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s stark comments on NATO show that Europeans should take more responsibility for their security, but they will still need the transatlantic military alliance, Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins said. Trump sparked fierce criticism from top Western officials for saying that, as U.S. president, he had told an …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said. OPPOSITION LEADER Navalny, 47, became the leading figure among Russia’s splintered opposition. Supporters …
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BERLIN/VILNIUS (Reuters) -Hundreds of protesters, many of them Russian emigres, gathered in cities across Europe and beyond on Friday to express their outrage over the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Often gathering outside Russian embassies, they chanted slogans critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they blamed for the activist’s death, holding up signs …
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(Reuters) – Following are reactions in Russia and abroad to the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, reported on Friday by prison authorities in the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV Peskov said President Vladimir Putin had been told about Navalny’s death. The reaction …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Felix Light MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) – The death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny deprives President Vladimir Putin’s opponents of their most formidable leader and the man who, for some, embodied hope of a better future in Russia. The Russian prison service said Navalny, 47, collapsed and died on Friday after a walk …
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