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Opposition Alleges “Conspiracy” As Rahul Gandhi Convicted For Defamation

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Opposition Alleges "Conspiracy" As Rahul Gandhi Convicted For Defamation
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Spread the love New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a 2019 defamation case has triggered sharp reactions from the Opposition camps, with his party staging widespread protests. A court in Gujarat’s Surat today sentenced Mr Gandhi to two years in jail for his alleged remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname but granted him bail to allow him to appeal the decision. In a prompt reaction, Mr Gandhi tweeted a Mahatma Gandhi quote: “My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God, non-violence the means…

Maria Pevchikh to Replace Leonid Volkov as Head of Navalny Foundation Board – The Moscow Times

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Maria Pevchikh to Replace Leonid Volkov as Head of Navalny Foundation Board - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Maria Pevchikh, an investigator for Alexei Navalny, has been named the new chair of the board of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the jailed Kremlin critic announced Wednesday. Navalny’s announcement follows the scandal-ridden resignation of his right-hand man Leonid Volkov from the FBK board chairmanship earlier this month. “Her public work over the past two years has made her a bright political leader. You know her well, and I have no doubt that she will do a fine job in her new capacity as well,” Navalny said of…

Tear gas, arrests as Kenya opposition stages protests

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Tear gas, arrests as Kenya opposition stages protests
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Spread the love Kenyan riot police fired tear gas Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country’s punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said. The government of President William Ruto has vowed to take a tough stance over the demonstrations, which opposition leader Raila Odinga vowed would go ahead despite not receiving police authorisation. Demonstrators also hurled rocks at anti-riot police outside government offices in the capital, while about two dozen people were arrested, including two opposition MPs,…

Chalmers blasts Opposition over super change ‘hypocrisy’

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Chalmers blasts Opposition over super change ‘hypocrisy’
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Spread the love The Federal Government has blasted the Opposition over attacks on its changes to superannuation indexation, accusing it of double standards. Treasurer Jim Chalmers accused shadow treasurer Angus Taylor of deception over claims the Government’s change to stop indexing super balances of more than $3 million would affect more people than it first claimed. The Government from 2025-26 will apply a concessional tax rate to future earnings of 30 per cent — sparking fierce criticism from the Coalition, which described the move “reckless”. Under the plan, earnings on…

Russian Politician Fined for Viral Noodle Stunt During Putin Speech  – The Moscow Times

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Russian Politician Fined for Viral Noodle Stunt During Putin Speech  - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love A court in the city of Novokuybyshevsk in Russia’s Samara region has found regional deputy Mikhail Abdalkin guilty of “discrediting the Russian armed forces” for posting a video of himself watching Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-nation address with noodles hanging from his ears, TASS reported Thursday. The noodles in the video, which was posted across Abdalkin’s social media in February, reference a common Russian idiom “вешать лапшу на уши” (literally: to hang noodles on one’s ears), which is used to describe an act of deception or when false information…

Russian Opposition Ex-Mayor Roizman Detained Over Social Media Post – The Moscow Times

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Russian Opposition Ex-Mayor Roizman Detained Over Social Media Post - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Russian police have detained opposition politician and former Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman over a social media post in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the local media outlet It’s My City reported Thursday. Roizman allegedly posted a video clip briefly showing the logo of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which was outlawed as an “extremist” organization in 2021, on social media platform VKontakte last February, according to police. His lawyer Vladislav Idamzhapov confirmed to Russian news agencies that Roizman had been detained, but said his client hadn’t shared…

Navalny Reacts Belatedly to Documentary’s Oscar Win From Jail – The Moscow Times

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Navalny Reacts Belatedly to Documentary's Oscar Win From Jail - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Wednesday praised all those resisting dictatorship and war while thanking the team that made the Oscar-winning film about his 2020 poisoning. “I dedicate my entire contribution to this film to honest and courageous people across the world who day after day find the strength to confront the monster of dictatorship and its constant companion, war,” Navalny said in a tweet. “I am, of course, terribly glad, but while rejoicing, I try not to forget that it wasn’t me who won the…

A Beginner’s Guide to Russia’s Fragmented Opposition – The Moscow Times

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A Beginner's Guide to Russia's Fragmented Opposition - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love The political repression driven by the invasion of Ukraine has drastically altered the landscape of Russia’s disparate opposition. While some well-established movements such as Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation have been forced to shut down inside Russia entirely, other initiatives to unite those opposed to the war in Ukraine have sprung up in their place. To make sense of the fractured Russian opposition a year into the war, The Moscow Times has compiled a list of the nine largest and most notable movements — both inside the country…

Belarus Hands Exiled Opposition Leader 15 Years in Jail – The Moscow Times

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Belarus Hands Exiled Opposition Leader 15 Years in Jail - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison for spearheading historic protests against the ex-Soviet country’s leader, state-run news agency Belta reported. Tikhanovskaya, who was forced to flee to neighboring EU member state Lithuania after the protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in 2020, was sentenced in absentia on charges of high treason and “conspiracy to seize power.” She was sentenced alongside Pavel Latushko, a former Belarusian diplomat and culture minister turned opposition leader, who was handed an 18-year jail…

Cambodia opposition leader jailed 27 years for treason

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Cambodia opposition leader jailed 27 years for treason
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Spread the love Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the United States as a “miscarriage of justice”. Kem Sokha was accused of hatching a “secret plan” in collusion with foreign entities to topple the government of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen, upon his arrest in 2017. The 69-year-old co-founder of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has long been a prominent adversary of Hun…