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I t is perfectly possible that Alexei Navalny, the nearest thing Russia has to a leader of the opposition, will one day be reported to have died in prison from some rare disease or unlikely accident. If not, then the Kremlin will almost certainly find some reason or other to…

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny flew straight into the hands of the Russian police on Jan. 17 when he returned from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from an assassination attempt that he and his supporters blamed on the Kremlin. Police detained Navalny, Russia’s most prominent critic of President…

A file photo dated September 29, 2019 shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a rally in support of political prisoners in Prospekt Sakharova Street in Moscow, Russia. Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital after allegedly being poisoned according to his press secretary. Sefa Karacan | Anadolu Agency via Getty…

Poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been detained by police following his return to Russia. The dissident flew back from Germany where he had been recovering after being exposed to the Soviet-era novichok nerve agent in August. Sky producer Alina Droyshevskaia was on the Sunday flight and said as passengers…

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Russia will pull out of a longstanding accord that allows countries to conduct fly-over military operations across territories, following in the United States' footsteps after President Trump left the treaty last year, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Friday. Why it matters: Russia's exit from the Open Skies Treaty could escalate…

CES session presented possibilities that might be unlocked if these evolving technologies are put to work on urgent challenges. Dario Gil, senior vice president and director of IBM Research, gave a talk this week at the online CES 2021 conference where he discussed the acceleration of resolving challenges through quantum…

VMware COO Sanjay Poonen VMware This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. With the news that VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger is stepping down to become Intel's new CEO in February, the company is in search of a replacement.  Multiple analysts told…

Nuvia never announced a product, but was widely suspected to be working on a server-class CPU that Qualcomm could adapt to PCs and smartphones. Ann Singer Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Qualcomm said Wednesday that it plans to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday tasked officials with launching mass coronavirus vaccinations from next week, touting Russia's homemade jab as the world's best. "I ask you to begin the mass vaccination of the entire population next week," Putin told officials at a televised government meeting. "The Russian vaccine is…