they are obviously very glad to see alexei navalny. . very glad to see alexei navalny.xei navalny, he appeared to be upbeat and jocular, which is the kind of person alexei navalny is. it is particularly important for people critical of vladimir putin in russia because they are coming under increasing pressure. the fact that alexei navalny is in jail is also important because mr putin is running for re—election for another term of office in russia this year and he has no credible or effective opponents running against him. so mr putin and's we election is all but certain. . ~ putin and's we election is all but certain. ., ,, i. putin and's we election is all but certain. . ~' ,, ~ putin and's we election is all but certain. ., ,, i. ~ �*, certain. thank you. -- mr putin's re-election- _ a surprise visit to vilnius comes as the russian full—scale invasion of ukraine is nearing its second anniversary. president zelensky is expected to make a speech on the war and discussing ukraine's integration into the european union and nato. do stay with us here. thank you for watching

alexei navalny was poisoned and “ailed. ., , ., alexei navalny was poisoned and “ailed. . , ., ., jaileda little of the background _ jailed. that is a little of the background and _ jailed. that is a little of the background and the - jailed. that is a little of the l background and the process, jailed. that is a little of the - background and the process, so let's speak live to boris nadezhdin. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. let me start with a really straightforward question. tell me what you are standing against vladimir putin. i what you are standing against vladimir putin.— what you are standing against vladimir putin. ., , vladimir putin. i run for president in the election _ vladimir putin. i run for president in the election because _ vladimir putin. i run for president in the election because i - vladimir putin. i run for president in the election because i think- vladimir putin. i run for president | in the election because i think that president — in the election because i think that president putin has made a fatal mistake. — president putin has made a fata

the latest on the first glimpse of alexei navalny.s the country as farmers continue to block roads in protest at planned subsidy cuts. the strike, called by the train drivers' union, has forced national rail operator deutsche bahn to run only stripped—back emergency timetables. about 80% of trains have been cancelled. the train drivers' union is demanding a pay rise as well as a cut in hours for shift workers. deutsche bahn says the demands are unaffordable. meanwhile, convoys of tractors are blocking major city centres including hamburg, cologne, and berlin. motorway sliproads and border crossings with france, poland and the czech republic are also affected. our berlin correspondent jessica parker told us more about why these strikes are happening. i'm in the heart of berlin. you can see the brandenburg gate behind me. but swing round here and you've got a line of tractors. there are actually fewer here than there were a couple of days ago. but it is part of an ongoing protest by farmers against plans to phase out agricultural fuel s

believe that that week spent stormily in siberia could have directly affected the natural causes of alexei navalnyened next? mr. navalny became ill, on board a plane flying from tomsk to moscow on august 20. 8:40, the plane lands urgently in omsk. at 9:10 am, ambulance doctors began resuscitation efforts. at 10:05, navalny was hospitalized in the omsk hospital. later, specialists from moscow arrive in omsk. on the evening of august 20 , his wife yulia arrives at the hospital, offering to send him to germany for treatment. on august 21 at 12:10 a plane with a german aircraft arrives in omsk. there is a trend of improvement throughout the day. the country where he is being sent for treatment, is it normal? what happens next? further a tsunami begins, bacchanals, poisoners, a bloody regime, putin personally, can you imagine how inflated the self-esteem of these gentlemen is, how great it is? well , in general, if you... treat an oppositionist, well, even this is ridiculous to dispute, what is happening, how he is met, 15 cars, a police escort, listen, personal, personal guest of the german chancellor

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difficult to reach, which means even lawyers will have a very hard time getting in touch with alexei navalnyave a minute left- — almost complete. i only have a minute left. he _ almost complete. i only have a minute left. he has _ almost complete. i only have a minute left. he has always i almost complete. i only have a| minute left. he has always said almost complete. i only have a i minute left. he has always said the charges had been trumped up to silence him. has it been effective given there has been such a clampdown on a low in russia? taste given there has been such a clampdown on a low in russia? we see that in one sense _ clampdown on a low in russia? we see that in one sense these _ clampdown on a low in russia? we see that in one sense these attempts i that in one sense these attempts have not been effective because we can still hear from navalny�*s colleagues, in person what he thinks, what he wants to express but the authorities never stop at trying to invent new ways to silence him and other government critics in russia. so for instance, the new criminal case which was launched

alexei navalny was poisoned and jailed.i spoke to macklin and asked him why he is standing against vladimir putin. i've than the presidential election because i think that president putin has made eight fatal mistake as you say starting the special military operation, we use this turn in russia because i have to do in russian law. and second the main problem that putin sees the walk from the past that drugs rush into the past. russia needs a future. the future of the country, it is free and peaceful country and then you get people will live in this country because you know a lot of people went away from russia from the start of this special military operation so it was a reason for me to start my campaign against the politics of the current president. you my campaign against the politics of the current president.— the current president. you say the secial the current president. you say the special military — the current president. you say the special military operation - the current president. you say the special military o

donation since the beginning of the year; on april 20, 3.81 was received in the bitcoin wallet of alexei navalny’sms, leonid volkov one hundredth of a bitcoin is equivalent to $110,000, which is approximately 8.8 million in rubles, this is the largest inflow of funds into this account since the beginning of the year. in addition, according to available data, from the beginning of the svo, in ukraine to september 2022, navalny’s team received $840,000 in cryptocurrency in rubles - approximately 67 million rubles at the current rate, which is more than for the entire twenty-first year, that is, thus, fbk finances extremist cells in russia through cryptocurrency, and daria was a member of one of these cells trepova, recruited precisely to commit the murder of the tatar. i want to remember the words of publicist thomas. carlyle, he said, every revolution is conceived by romantics, carried out by fanatics, and inveterate scoundrels enjoy its fruits. look, this is a special caste, this is what lev tikhomirov said about vera zasulich, he is a russian public figure, a member of the people's will, by the w

that that week spent stormily in siberia could have directly affected natural causes of relapse alexei navalny8:40 the plane urgently lands in omsk, at 9:10 the ambulance doctors began resuscitation measures. at 10:05, navalny was hospitalized in the omsk hospital. later , specialists from moscow arrive in omsk. on the evening of august 20, my husband arrives at the hospital. lives in the world who fought with the country where he is sent for treatment, although he is under investigation for insulting the very veteran who fought with the country where he is sent for treatment, it’s normal, what happens next, then a tsunami begins in okhanali, poisoners, a bloody regime, putin personally... can you imagine how inflated the self-esteem of these gentlemen is, how big it is? well, in general, if we talk seriously, given the whole situation, here is the economic situation, coronavirus, syria, belarus, it’s huge for the president of the country to deal with the treatment of the oppositionist, well, even this is funny. to figure out what 's going on, how he's being greeted, 15 cars, a police escort,

this was not realized by alexei navalny, who returned to russia without realizing that he was signing a de facto death sentence for himself, and that his political influence in this future russia would be reduced to zero. but were we supposed to understand that? i think here several, several topics you raised, one can. it seems to me that more important than others is the ability of the russian authorities to learn, both from experience and from mistakes as well, that is, in addition to the conclusions regarding yeltsin from 1991, other conclusions were related to the fact that now national autonomies do not have any special rights compared to other subjects of the russian federation, that is... a repetition of the collapse of the soviet union is constitutionally impossible within the same framework in the russian federation, and... and the russians have been learning this for the last few years, that is, about it we hear on the battlefield, we hear about this from our military, from commanders, and in this sense, to underestimate the enemy, this is absolutely absolutely, so to speak,

russian opposition politician alexei navalny cracked jokes on wednesday in his first court appearancen prison. scientists say they've made a "quantum leap" in understanding how certain diseases like multiple sclerosis and alzheimers evolved and alzheimers evolved by analysing dna of ancient teeth and bones. they say it's linked to genes introduced thousands of years ago by ancient cattle herders and helps explain why ms is around twice as common in the uk and scandinavia compared to southern europe. spare a thought for the people of inuvik, right up in the northwest territories of canada. they live so far north that, for weeks on end, they see no sunlight at all. until now, this spectaular sunrise was the first they've seen in 30 days. the people there have held a sunrise festival to celebrate. researchers say they've discovered that sperm whales live in human—like clans, with distinctive cultures, and even dialects. the scientists used underwater microphones and drones to examine the sounds and behaviour of the animals. jon donnison has that story. low-pitched clicking. the clicks an

alexei navalny occurred -- appeared in court today for the first time since he vanished from view lastth. supporters had lost contact with him for weeks while he was transferred to a penal colony in the arctic. today he smiled and waved to journalists and joked about his jailers. he is serving a 19 year sentence after being convicted of extremism. volodymyr zelenskyy headed to the baltic states today hunting for help to shore up ukrainian air defenses. this came as russia identified -- identified drone attacks. he met the president of lithuania. he said ukraine has shown that russia can be stopped and he insisted that kyiv still has strong support. >> there is no pressure for our partners to stop our defense. i would not say stopping of hostilities. it is defense. 2 -- fair defense, our struggle, there is no pressure to freeze the can't -- conflict. >> nato said the flow of military supplies to ukraine will continue. a new round of usaid remains stalled in congress. the death toll from the new year earthquake in japan has reached 206. eight habit from injuries or sickness at evacuation

oscar was looking for good russians, when the film about the so-called russian oppositionist, alexey navalny, won the best documentary award at the world's most prestigious award. the film has a tagline: poison always leaves a mark. during the speech , navalny's wife said that she was waiting for their country will be released, and oleksiy will return home. about the war against ukraine waged by russia, yulia navalna. didn't say a word. here it is worth noting that while the russians were meeting the stage, the organizers refused to give the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky a video address. spartacus has the highest dignity. not quite spartacus and not quite a psychotherapist. in april , spartak saturday was at the center of the scandal. a psychotherapist and psychiatrist who was listened to by hundreds of thousands of ukrainians. according to the results of the investigation, the publication was found to be unconscious medical education, without work in the special services, which he talked about, and without scientific activity, to which were added repeated romantic and sexual relat

jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny has appeared before a supreme court judge to argue againstl breaks and access to more books. the judge rejected both requests. navalny is facing more than 30 years in prison for fraud and extremism. he says he is being persecuted for his opposition to president vladmir putin. —— vladimir. thanks for watching. i'm sumi somaskanda in washington. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it was another day where some of us had sunshine, some of us had cloudy skies on thursday. the cloud, again, was coming in from the north sea, bringing with it some patches of drizzle for east scotland, eastern areas of england. but as the cloud came around the area of high pressure that's dominating to the northwest, it actually mixed in some slightly drier airjust above the cloud layer as those winds went across the mountains and that drier air evaporated the cloud. and so, what a glorious day it was across parts of the highlands, with not a cloud in the sky. we're going to have a similar kind of weather prospects, really, over the next day or so. with these

opposition activist alexei navalny is seen for the first time since disappearing from a central russianw with tadhg enright. we start in the us — and the boss of aviation giant boeing says the company "acknowledges its mistake" after some of its newest planes were found to have loose parts. investigations began after a panel in the fuselage of a 737 max 9 jet operated by alaska airlines blew out mid—flight last week, opening a hole in the side of the plane. thankfully no—one was injured.

alexei navalny was poisoned and jailed.in and started off by asking him why he's standing against vladamir putin. my aim is to change russia. maybe i will not be elected as president on the 7th of march this year, but i should have the best result because i know exactly... atjust15% or 20%, that was who opposed the special military operation but now much more, the majority of russians, they want peace. the majority of russians want peace, absolutely. i speak with people. i have visited many cities in russia and a lot of people come, big crowds of people, speaking with me, on the street, in meetings etc. final question, then. you say you hope this will start the process of bringing change. what change do you actually want? and a final point because vladimir putin has been in power since 2000. he would argue he has restored the russian position in the world as a global power, real influence. how would you describe where vladimir putin has taken russia? i have already said that putin has made a lot of mistakes, and by the way

alexei navalny was poisoned and jailed. some of the background, some of the process.hdin on today's verified live and i started off by asking him why he is standing against vladimir putin. my aim is to change russia. maybe i will not be elected as president on the 7th of march this year, but i should have the best result because i know exactly... atjust15% or 20%, that was who opposed the special military operation but now much more, the majority of russians, they want peace. the majority of russians want peace, absolutely. i speak with people. i have visited many cities in russia and a lot of people come, big crowds of people, speaking with me, on the street, in meetings etc. final question, then. you say you hope this will start the process of bringing change. what change do you actually want? and a final point because vladimir putin has been in power since 2000. he would argue he has restored the russian position in the world as a global power, real influence. how would you describe where vladimir putin has ta ken russia 7 i have already said that putin has made a

we all know the story of alexei navalny. is it possible he's approved by the kremlin in some sort of plant? >> he's been asked that question a lot of times. i asked that. he says that the reaction to hisment campaign, and we have seen over the past couple weeks, people lining up outside headquarters across russia trying to add their signatures so he would get the right amount. he says that is real. he says his popularity is growing. the question of why he's allowed to do what he's doing, his manifesto calls the war in ukraine a fatal mistake, appears to be some kind of effort to thread the needle he's bye-bye moving in political circles for a number of years. i actually asked him this question when i spoke to him last week. take a listen. >> people have been arrested and sent to prison in russia for a lot less than that. why are you getting away with this? >> i addon't know why i'm not arrested. i know putin very well. even when he was not president. he was a normal russian bureaucrat. >> the situation right now is that it's

. >>> alexei navalny in court for the first time since being transferred to a siberian penal colony. you see a picture here. navalny is the chief critic of russian president vladimir putin. of course he went missing for two weeks last month, reappearing thousands of miles from the jail he'd long been held in. and during this court appearance, he spoke via video. the hearing comes after navalny gave insight yesterday also on social media into life at the remote penal colony. dripping with sarcasm commenting about his educational work there and morning walks he's forced to take when it's negative 13 degrees outside. >>> a man who was rescued after being trapped for six days in his wrecked truck has been reunited with the people who saved his life. these are new photos released of matt rehm from indiana meeting with the first responder and two fishermen who fond him. rehm almost died in that truck, surviving on only rainwater until the fishermen came upon him. he did have to have one leg amputated due to the injuries he suffered. but still, he is beyond happy. >> survival is everything.

. >>> jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny has made his first appearance from the penal colony he was moved to last month. there was concern after his team --. back in a moment. . >>> big development on the front overnight. meta is adding new safety features for teens on facebook and instagram. these include content restrictions, hiding search results related to self-harm or suicide, and this comes after months of meta facing fierce scrutiny over the impact of their products on teenagers. meg tirrell with us now. is this a significant change that will help kids? >> it sounds like it is a pretty significant change. meta has had a lot of protections, they say, in place for teen users, but a lot of pressure has been mounting on them recently. what they're doing is adding more protection. around search terms like self-harm and suicides and eating disorders they will hide more content, even among people that teens follow on these platforms. they're not going to show them if somebody posts about those things. they're automatically setting teens in the most restrictive content setting. it's

you remember what happened with alexei navalny when he went missing and showed up in an even worse penal colony. the whelan family saw their brother, their son go missing after learning of physical attacks against him. president biden held a private meeting with whelan's sister elizabeth shortly after the family's contact was cut off, and this meeting lasted 40 minutes. paul whelan's sister elizabeth joins me now in her first and only television interview since that meeting. and elizabeth, first of all, thank you for being with me. i'm so glad now that finally i'm talking to you after you've had a chance to meet with president biden, because i know you have been asking for that meeting and hoping to get that meeting for months. what happened? what did the president tell you? >> well, i'd love to share with you the details, but i'm going to keep it to sort of the surface. the families were uniquely positioned to be able to interact on paul's effort, all the way from the u.s. embassy in moscow to the president. and, you know, i don't feel like the president is a wizard with a magic wand, b