The European Union and NATO on Friday issued statements condemning the Russian cyberattack on Germany and the Czech Republic, which says it was also targeted. The EU statement, issued by EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrel on behalf of all 27 member states, said the bloc "is determined to make use of the full spectrum of measures to prevent, deter and respond to Russia’s malicious behaviour in cyberspace." Earlier, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Berlin blames a unit of the Russ
US intelligence agencies believe that while the Russian president was ultimately responsible for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, he didn't order it to take place when it did, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.While the new finding does not question Putin's responsibility for Navalny's death, the CIA and other US intelligence agencies believe he probably didn't order it "at that moment," the Journal said, quoting people familiar with the matter.
A Ukrainian solidarity group plans to go to court over a ban on projecting images from the war on the facade of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. The group, Vitsche, argued that the ban on projecting videos on embassy buildings as part of a protest in Berlin violates their freedom of expression, the group's lawyer, Patrick Heinemann, told dpa on Thursday. Heinemann said the group plans to file an urgent appeal with Germany's Constitutional Court. An appeals court in Berlin upheld the ban, but Heine
Some 250 demonstrators gathered near the Russian embassy in Berlin on Sunday to protest at the death of jailed dissident Alexei Navalny, police in the German capital reported. The organizers had registered a protest by 450 people. Shortly before the protest called for the early afternoon, the Pussy Riot protest group announced its own demonstration. A police spokesman said that a number of people with pink hoods and banners had arrived at the embassy and left shortly afterwards. Pussy Riot, a Ru
The mother of jailed Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny has commented on the reports of her son's death in a Russian prison camp. "I don't want to hear any expressions of sympathy," she was quoted as saying on Friday by independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. She last saw her son during a visit to the prison camp last Monday, she added. "He was alive, healthy and full of life." Supporters of Navalny said earlier they have not yet received direct confirmation of his death and have only seen a general a