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Navalny’s wife accuses Kremlin of covering up his murder
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow accused the Kremlin of hiding his body to cover up his murder in an Arctic penal colony and vowed to continue her late husband’s fight against President Vladimir Putin. Her comments came after Navalny’s team said his mother and lawyers were denied access to his body and told the probe into what killed him had been extended.
“Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband,” Yulia Navalnaya said in a video posted to his YouTube channel. She said authorities were waiting for traces of “yet another Putin’s Novichok” to leave his body — referring to the military nerve agent used to poison him years ago. The Kremlin has denied involvement in that poisoning and dismissed suggestions Putin was behind his death on Friday.
Yulia vowed to continue her husband’s efforts. “We know exactly why Putin killed Alexei three days ago. We will tell you soon about it. We will also definitely find out who exactly and how exactly this crime was committed. We will name names and show faces,” she said in the video.
Israel vows Rafah ground assault by Ramadan if hostages are not freed
Israel has threatened to invade Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins March 10, if the remaining hostages are not released by Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ‘’finish the job’’ in Gaza as cease-fire talks stalled, with Netanyahu instead saying a hostage release “can be achieved through strong military action and tough negotiations.”
The International Court of Justice has begun hearings on Israeli occupation of lands sought for a…
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