Putin critic is badly beaten outside his home in Moscow a week after Alexei Navalny was poisoned on a flight from Siberia Yegor Zhukov, was badly beaten by ‘two thugs on scooters’ near Moscow home The 22-year-old is a critic of Putin previously convicted on extremism charges It comes 10 days after fellow Putin critic … Read more
German hospital treating poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has asked for British help as he remains in a coma Doctors called upon Government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory The Wiltshire laboratory led the investigation into the Salisbury attack in 2018 Alexei Navalny’s supporters suspect he was poisoned when he drank a cup of tea Medics … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny may have been poisoned, tests carried out by German doctors have confirmed. In a statement Berlin’s Charite hospital, where he is being kept under armed guard, said Navalny had fallen ill from a cholinesterase inhibitor, adding that the specific substance was not known and would require further tests. ‘The outcome … Read more
A plane carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning left for a German hospital on Saturday. Images taken from the tarmac of an airport in the Siberian city of Omsk show Navalny being lifted into a private air ambulance – which was chartered to to fly him to … Read more
The nondescript cafe is where Alexei Navalny, the main opposition leader and Putin’s most vociferous critic, sipped a cup of tea before boarding a flight back to Moscow yesterday Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in remote Siberia, rarely makes headlines in Russia – let alone around the world. Not any more. For the Vienna … Read more
Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations and suggests the ‘hidden melody’ is the Welsh song Men of Harlech Sir Edward Elgar revealed in 1899 that there was ‘a larger theme’ to the works He took the secret to his grave telling friends: ‘The enigma I will not explain’ But Bevis … Read more
The Kinks: Songs Of The Semi-Detached Mark Doyle Reaktion Books £9.95 Rating: For the past 50 years or so, I have been a fan of Ray Davies, or Sir Ray Davies, as he now is. At one stage, I owned every single record by The Kinks, and knew most of their lyrics by heart. The … Read more
‘Mollycoddling isn’t feminism!’: Jameela Jamil hits back at critic who blasts her for ‘shaming other women’ with sassy comment By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 22:12 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 22:52 BST, 20 April 2020 She’s never been afraid to speak her mind or defend herself to naysayers. And on Monday night, Jameela … Read more
Retired general who ‘helped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro smuggle 250 TONS of cocaine into the US every year’ is arrested Retired Venezuelan army general Cliver Alcalá was charged with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, and associated firearms He allegedly helped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ship 250 tons of cocaine a year into the … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE KILLING IN THE CONSULATE by Jonathan Rugman (Simon & Schuster £20, 368pp) The ripples from the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi just over a year ago never cease — and nor should they, given what an appalling affront to humanity and to press freedom his brutal killing was. The … Read more