Russian prosecutors are looking for to sentence 3 attorneys who used to represent the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny to more than 5 years in jail each for extremism, the news outlet Novaya Gazetareported Tuesday.Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin were apprehended in October 2023 on accusations of assisting Navalny continue
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Globs and puddles of oil have begun washing up on southern Russia’s Black Sea coast two days after Russian-flagged tanker ships were damaged in a storm, regional authorities said Tuesday.

“Oil products were washed ashore across several dozen kilometers,” Veniamin Kondratyev, governor of southern Russia’s Krasnodar region,wrote on Telegram.

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Latvian basketball player Janis Timma was discovered dead in Moscow after an apparent suicide, Russian state media reported early Tuesday.An unnamed emergency situation official informed the state-run TASS news firm that the 32-year-old's body was found inside the entryway of a property structure in main Moscow. According to the authorities, the initial ca
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The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed on Tuesday when an explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building in Moscow, officials said.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the military's chemical, biological and radiological weapons unit, was killed along with his assistant when the

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Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed Tuesday in an obvious targeted assassination outside an apartment in Moscow.Igor Kirillov and his assistant were eliminated when an explosive gadget attached to a scooter went off as the two guys left a building in a suburb in southeastern Moscow early in the early morning, private investigators said.Sources from Ukraine's security services have declared obligation for the targeted killing.Kirillov is the most senior Russian military authorities to be eliminated in such a blast in Moscow considering that the Kremlin's major invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago.Here is whatever we understand about Kirillov and the situations surrounding his killing: Who is Igor Kirillov?Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, headed the Russian militarys radiological, chemical and biological defense forces considering that 2017. The system does not oversee Russia's nuclear weapons.The U.K. approved him and his system in October over the declared usage of chemical weapons in Ukraine, describing him as a substantial mouthpiece for Russian disinformation.He was eliminated a day after Ukraine charged him in absentiaon allegations of devoting war criminal activities versus Ukraine.Moscow has actually denied releasing chemical weapons in Ukraine.Kirillov is understood for his claims about alleged Western bio-laboratories and their possible connection with the spread of infectious diseases, consisting of Covid-19. He has actually declared that Washington prepared to supply biological weapons to Ukraine which this would include targeting Russian soldiers with malaria-infected mosquitos.He has also consistently accused Kyiv of utilizing chemical weapons. In October 2024, he declared that the Ukrainian military used Western-made chemical weapons in the Kyiv-held town of Sudzha in Russias Kursk region.Since 2022, Kirillov has also consistently claimed without evidence that Kyiv was establishing a filthy bomb a conventional weapon that would spread nuclear material.He is endured by his wife and two sons.How was he killed?Russia's Investigative Committee said Kirillov and his assistant were eliminated after an explosive device planted in a scooter parked near the entrance of a property building was triggered on the early morning of December 17 on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow, about seven kilometers southeast of the Kremlin.The blast shattered numerous windows of the building and severely damaged the front door, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.The state-run RIA Novosti news company reported, pointing out a source, that the explosive device had an approximated power equivalent to 200 grams of TNT.What is understood about his attackers?Russia's Investigative Committee opened a criminal case concerning the killing of two servicemen however did not name any potential suspects.Ukraine has not formally commented on the explosion.Sources within Ukraines SBU security servicetold BBC Ukraine and AFP that the surge targeting Kirillov was the outcome of an SBU unique operation.According to the sources, an explosive-laden scooter was detonated as Kirillov and his aide exited a property structure on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow. Kirillov was a war criminal and a totally legitimate target, as he issued orders to use banned chemical weapons versus Ukrainian forces, the source informed BBC.The Baza Telegram channel reported that the scooter filled with dynamites was positioned near the entryway of the domestic complex around 4 a.m. It included that security of everybody exiting the structure could have been performed from a rented apartment throughout the street, a neighboring car or through the buildings security system which may have been hacked.What does the Kremlin say?The Kremlin has not yet discussed Kirillov's killing.Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharovasaid Kirillov had been systematically exposing the crimes of the Anglo-Saxons for many years, with facts in hand. Zakharova also implicated Ukraine's Western allies of being accomplices to the brazen assassination in Moscow.Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Security Council, composed that The leadership of the Kyiv regime will pay completely for Kirillov's death.What do other countries say?Ukrainian officials have actually not yet talked about Kirillov's death.But an SBU source told AFP: Kirillov was a war criminal and a definitely genuine target, as he offered orders to use prohibited chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military. Such an inglorious end waits for all those who eliminate Ukrainians. Retribution for war crimes is inescapable, the source said.A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said London was not going to grieve Kirillov's death, saying he had actually enforced suffering and death on the Ukrainian people. The U.S. said it was not associated with the killing of Kirillov however knocked his atrocities. I can inform you that the United States was not knowledgeable about it in advance and was not included, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. He was a general who was involved in a variety of atrocities. He was involved in making use of chemical weapons against [the] Ukrainian military, Miller said.Has Russia utilized chemical weapons in Ukraine?Britain and the U.S. have actually accused Russia of utilizing the poisonous agent chloropicrin versus Ukrainian soldiers in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Chloropicrin is an oily liquid with a pungent odor called a choking agent widely used during World War I as tear gas. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(OPCW )particularly prohibits its use.Russia has said it no longer possesses a military chemical arsenal but the country deals with pressure for more transparency over the declared use of toxic weapons.In June, Ukraine accused Russia of increasing frontline attacks using restricted harmful chemicals and had signed up more than 700 cases of their usage the previous month.Ukraines SBU security service claims that chemical weapons have actually been utilized in the country more than 4,800 times because Russia invaded in February 2022. AFP contributed reporting.
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Russian troops were loading a truck at the entrance to the port they control in the Syrian city of Tartus on Monday, while Islamist fighters manned a nearby checkpoint.

Troops loyal to Syria's new interim government, led by the opposition faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now man the entrance gateway to the port in Tartus.

But they told AFP they

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