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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at passport control at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday evening. He was detained by police shortly afterwards. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
Kremlin critic Navalny detained on return to Moscow

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny was detained by police on Sunday evening as he landed in Russia, having returned from Germany where he had (...)

German chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Tuesday. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Russia warns EU leaders over Belarus ahead of crisis talks

Russia has warned European powers that foreign interference in Belarus would be “unacceptable”, as EU leaders prepared for emergency talks on a crisis(...)

Riot police clash with opposition demonstrators during a protest against the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday. Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images
Maduro wins backing of Venezuelan senior military figures

Senior figures in the Venezuelan military came out in support of President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, a day after the US said it no longer recognised(...)

The building of state-run PDVSA in Caracas, Venezuela. Photograph: Miguel Gutierrez/File/EPA
Russia and Venezuela agree $3bn debt restructuring

Russia has come to the aid of Venezuela with a deal to restructure $3.15 billion (€2.7 billion) of sovereign debt, allowing Caracas to meet obligation(...)