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Putin critic Alexei Navalny detained upon return to Russia after poisoning
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained after defiantly flying back to Moscow on Sunday, his spokesperson said, months after he was left in a coma when he was poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent. Facing the threat of his arrest on touching down, the prominent Kremlin critic boarded a plane in Berlin, Germany, …
Russia’s Alexei Navalny faces arrest orders as he prepares return to Moscow
Russia’s prison service said it has “an order to take measures to arrest him when establishing his whereabouts.” That means he could be detained immediately upon his return from Berlin, where he has been recovering from a nerve agent poisoning during a trip to Siberia in August. Navalny and his supporters say the attack was …
Russian doctors claim they saved Alexei Navalny’s life
Russian doctors claimed Monday that they saved the life of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who has been in a coma following allegations that he was poisoned – and denied there was any official interference in his treatment, according to reports. The doctors at the Siberian hospital where the dissident was first treated before being flown …
Alexei Navalny: Doctors say ‘poisoned’ Putin critic can’t be moved to Germany
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A rally expressed support for Mr Navalny who is unconscious Russian doctors have said they will not allow leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny to be transferred from a hospital in Siberia to one in Germany following his suspected poisoning. The head doctor treating Mr Navalny said he was not …
Alexei Navalny: plane leaves Germany to transport Putin critic after suspected poisoning | World news
Alexei Navalny’s press secretary has urged Russian authorities not to interfere as supporters of the stricken opposition leader prepared to fly him out of the country to be treated for a suspected poisoning. A plane left Nuremberg with a medical team in the early hours of Friday and, according to German media, would head to …
Alexei Leonov: The Russian who could have been first to the Moon
Image copyright Science Photo Library Pioneering cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov died on Friday in Moscow aged 85. With his passing, the world has lost another direct connection to the Cold War space race of the 1960s and 70s. Leonov was widely admired by other astronauts and cosmonauts, and his exploits in orbit were legendary. He …
Astronauts Mourn Alexei Leonov, the World’s 1st Spacewalker, While On a Spacewalk of Their Own
The world’s first spacewalker, Alexei Leonov, died in a Moscow hospital Friday (Oct. 11), but his legacy lives on aboard the International Space Station, where astronauts mourned the famed cosmonaut even as they ventured outside their home on a critical spacewalk. “This is a bittersweet day for all of us on the International Space Station,” …
Alexei Leonov, world’s first spacewalker, dies – Spaceflight Now
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. Credit: Roscosmos Legendary cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space — an experience that almost killed him — and later the commander of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that docked with a NASA Apollo capsule, symbolizing a historic thaw in the Cold …
Alexei Leonov: First person to walk in space dies aged 85
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Leonov went into space twice, in 1965 and 1975 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who became the first person in history to spacewalk in 1965, has died aged 85. Tethered to a spaceship by a 4.8m (16ft) cable, the Russian floated above Earth for 12 minutes. “You just can’t comprehend …
