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Putin foe Navalny to be sent to prison camp after losing appeal

Bloomberg Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny could be transferred to a prison camp within days after losing an appeal on Saturday of his jailing, which has sparked mass protests and a spike in tensions with the West. The ruling by a Moscow court removes the last legal obstacle to sending Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic to serve out the term, ...

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Capitol-riot plot case widens with more Oath Keepers charged

Bloomberg Prosecutors are pursuing a wider conspiracy case against the Oath Keepers, charging six more people with links to the far-right group for their alleged roles in last month’s deadly breach of the US Capitol. A new indictment added to growing evidence that members of extreme right-wing organisations planned and coordinated the January 6 assault in Washington, gathering battle supplies ...

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Biden pleads for democracy over autocracy, repudiating Trump

Bloomberg President Joe Biden urged US allies to uphold democracy in his first major speech to an international audience, warning that the world faces an “inflection point” in history that could result in a tilt towards autocracy. “We are in the midst of a fundamental debate about the future direction of our world,” Biden said in remarks delivered remotely to ...

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