Russia maintains election ban on opposition Yabloko, jails deputy head ⊕
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Supreme Court ruling supports Kremlin's clampdown on the political party ahead of September's parliamentary vote.
Russia upholds Yabloko party's election ban and jails its deputy chair ⊖
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The Supreme Court upheld Yabloko's removal from the September ballot hours after a Pskov court sentenced deputy chair Lev Shlosberg to more than 11 years in a penal colony for calling for a ceasefire…
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Russia taunts Nato as warship armed with hypersonic missiles is sent past German tourist island ○
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The Admiral Kasatonov - a frigate fitted with nuclear-capable Zircon hypersonic missiles - was spotted close to Fehmarn, a small tourist island in the Baltic Sea off the northeast coast of Germany.
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Russia's prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years ⊖⊖
Lev Schlosberg is found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's army - a verdict he condemns as punishment for his political position.
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How Russian dissidents are being punished by both Russia and Europe ⊖
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While Moscow is stripping citizenship rights, European states are curbing access to legal status for Russian emigres.
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Senior Russian banker fired after scathing speech on wartime economy ⊖⊖
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Andrei Klepach of VEB said Russia’s economy was falling behind China, US and ‘in some respects Ukraine’
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Russia cancels major Red Square military jamboree amid drone attacks ⊖
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