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Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to extensive investigations by Bellingcat and various Western media into the poisoning of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. During his annual news conference on December 17, Putin made the claim, without any evidence, that the media outlets were merely laundering U.S. intelligence materials. He also said that if Russian security services had wanted to poison Navalny, they would have finished the job. Also read “
Belarusian blogger Ihar Losik, who has been recognized by rights organizations as a political prisoner, has started a hunger strike to protest a new charge against him. Fellow blogger Anton Matolka said that Losik was additionally charged on December 15 with helping prepare mass disorder. Losik was initially charged in June with helping prepare for violations of public order, which has a maximum punishment of three years in prison. If found guilty of the lates