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Navalny moved to prison infirmary

Bloomberg Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, on a hunger strike since last week, has been moved to the prison infirmary with a respiratory infection, the Federal Penitentiary Service said, according to the Izvestia newspaper. Navalny, 44, reported a severe cough and a fever of 38.1 degrees Celsius (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit), saying three other prisoners in his unit have been hospitalized ...

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India, Russia give no hint on missile system delivery

Bloomberg India and Russia’s top diplomats sidestepped questions on the pending delivery of Moscow’s controversial S-400 weapons system to New Delhi and vowed to deepen military-technical cooperation following a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. The South Asian nation’s planned purchase of the anti-aircraft missile system from Russia — due for delivery in December — has raised the risk of ...

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Nigerian prison attack frees 1,800

Bloomberg An attack by suspected militants on a prison in southeastern Nigeria was an act of terrorism, President Muhammadu Buhari said. The attackers targeted a police headquarters and a jail in Imo state, the police said in a statement. The raid was carried out by members of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, the Eastern Security ...

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