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A PUTIN critic has been found with his throat slit in what police are calling a "politically motivated" assassination in a French hotel. Imran Aliev, 44, was found lying on the ground with "multiple wounds" in his chest and his throat slit with a bloodied knife next to it. 4…

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday imposed 6-18 year jail terms against seven left-wing campaigners after finding them guilty of terrorism charges, a ruling decried by the Kremlin's critics who said the activists had been framed and some tortured. The men, aged 23 to 31 and…

A Vladimir Putin critic has been found with his throat slit in what police are calling a "politically motivated" assassination in a French hotel. Imran Aliev, 44, was found lying on the ground with "multiple wounds" in his chest and his throat slit with a bloodied knife next to it.…

A Vladimir Putin critic has been found with his throat slit in what police are calling a "politically motivated" assassination in a French hotel.Imran Aliev, 44, was found lying on the ground with "multiple wounds" in his chest and his throat slit with a bloodied knife next to it.Aliev has…

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Front Page Killing has hallmarks of Russian hit squad causing chaos in Europe(BUSINESS INSIDER) French police believe that the killing of a blogger from the disputed Russian region of Chechnya in a French hotel room last week was "politically motivated," a French police official briefed on the case said. The…

French police believe the killing of a Chechen opposition blogger in a French hotel last week was “politically motivated,” an official briefed on the case told Business Insider. Imran Aliev, a 44-year-old blogger who was vocally opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, died when…

French police believe the murder of Chechen opposition blogger in a French hotel last week was "politically motivated," an official briefed on the case told Business Insider.Imran Aliev, a 44-year-old blogger vocally opposed to both Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, died after his throat was cut in Lille,…

Vladimir Putin takes the oath during his inauguration as President of Russia, May 2000. Outgoing president Boris Yeltsin stands to his right. Photo CC-BY-4.0: Wikimedia Commons. On New Year's Eve, activists from the Vesna Movement, a Russian pro-democracy youth movement, held solitary pickets in the Siberian city of Omsk. These…

A young Russian comedian has fled the country after learning of a police probe into jokes from one of his stand-up shows, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday.The comedian, 25-year-old Alexander Dolgopolov, will not return to Russia until "the situation becomes clearer", lawyer Leonid Solovyov said.On Thursday, Dolgopolov posted a…