A senior politician from the party of Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan has rejected rumours circulating online that he was hospitalised after a gun attack days after losing his seat in the country’s recent elections. Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra posted on February 14, 2024 that he was “fine” and “at home”. A police spokesperson in […]
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Yulia Navalnaya, Russia’s steely new opposition politician out to avenge husband’s death
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Before the shock death of her husband Alexei in a grim Arctic prison last week, Yulia Navalnaya had always played down the idea she would one day take over as leader of Russia’s opposition. But on Monday, she vowed to continue his fight. In a video released three days […]
Controversial German politician launches new right-wing party
Controversial German politician Hans-Georg Maaßen officially launched his new right-wing party, the Values Union, on Saturday, participants at the meeting told dpa. The former head of Germany’s domestic intelligence service founded his party after being asked to leave the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) because his views are considered too extreme for the CDU’s centre-right stance. […]
Jailed Russian Opposition Politician and Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Has Died, Says Prison Service
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, seen here in 2017, has died, per a statement from the Federal Prison Service. Credit – AP Jailed Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, 47, has died in prison, the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia said in a statement on Friday, per […]
Liberal Russian politician loses appeal against officials’ ruling to bar him from presidential race
MOSCOW (AP) — A liberal Russian politician on Thursday lost an appeal contesting the decision by election officials barring him from running in next month’s vote that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win. Boris Nadezhdin had made calling for halting the conflict in Ukraine his chief campaign slogan and his removal from […]
German far-right politician to go on trial for alleged use of a Nazi slogan
One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party will go on trial in April on charges related to his alleged use of a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers in a 2021 speech, a court said on Friday. Bjorn Hocke, 51, is the party’s leader in the eastern state […]
Russian politician urging peace in Ukraine rejected as presidential candidate
Russia’s main election authority has refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for the upcoming presidential election. Boris Nadezhdin, a local legislator in a town near Moscow, was required by law to gather at least 100,000 signatures in support of his candidacy. The Central Election Commission declared more […]
A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine is rejected as a presidential candidate
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for the upcoming presidential election. Boris Nadezhdin, a local legislator in a town near Moscow, was required by law to gather at least 100,000 signatures in support of candidacy. The Central Election […]
Russian politician urging peace in Ukraine rejected as presidential candidate
Russia’s main election authority has refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for the upcoming presidential election. Boris Nadezhdin, a local legislator in a town near Moscow, was required by law to gather at least 100,000 signatures in support of his candidacy. The Central Election Commission declared more […]
Court seizes pro-Russian politician Tsaryov’s property worth over $13 million
A court blocked real estate worth almost Hr 500 million ($13.4 million) of Oleg Tsaryov, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who defected to Russia and is suspected of financially contributing to Russian aggression, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Feb. 2. Tsaryov is a Dnipro-born businessman and former lawmaker for the former pro-Russian Ukrainian […]
Only EU politician who is so anti-Ukrainian – Tusk about Orban
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stressed that his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who is holding up the adoption of a decision on additional aid to Ukraine at the EU level, is alone in this stance. Source: Ukrinform news agency, with reference to Donald Tusk at a press conference on 30 January, cited by European […]
Thai court says popular politician can retain parliamentary seat
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that popular politician Pita Limjaroenrat, who was blocked from becoming prime minister even though his party placed first in last year’s election, did not violate election law and can retain his seat in parliament. Mr Pita had been suspended from parliament pending the court ruling on whether he violated the […]