As is their motive. Mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the Opposition Leader died suddenly in prison in the Russian Arctic last month. Speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. Thats why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. Matthew sussex is Senior Fellow of Central European studies at the Australian National university, he gave his take on the situation. Regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up Leonid Volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. And that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as Leonid Volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for you to end u
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Hello and. Welcome, to have you as joining us here in the United States around the world and streaming is on cnn, max im rosemarie church, just ahead. Benjamin netanyahu says he will not bend to us pressure when it comes to moving israels military into rafah. This as Officials Say, high level talks between the us and israel over the operation could take place in the hours ahead donald trump marks the Easter Holiday by lashing now that his political opponents, what he had to say and how such rhetoric is likely to be received by his base. And Britains King Charles back in the public eye, making his first major public appearance since hes Cancer Diagnosis live from redlands this is cnn newsroom with Rosemarie Good to. You without ps we begin in israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says pressure from the us will not stop his forces from going ahead with a planned Military Ground Offensive in rafah up speaking at a News Conference on sunday, he said any delay. So far has nothing
There s just a few minutes left in scotland s clash with wales at murrayfield. the scots were looking to build on their victory over england last they haven t triumphed in the opening two games since 1996 but looked in control when george turner was bundled over the line. wales didn t take long to answer back and their captain ken 0wens kept them in touch with scotland who led 13 7 at the break. in the second half the hosts began to build on their lead, finn russell twice combined with kyle steyn for two tries, the second with an inch perfect kick, finished off by steyn. another superb scottish move provided for the bonus point winning fourth try, this time blaire kinghorn getting his name on the scoresheet and they lead 30 7. - 35.7.