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Kremlin critic Yashin loses appeal
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» MOSCOW: Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin on Wednesday lost an appeal against what his supporters say was a politically motivated decision to jail him for eight and a half years for criticising Moscow's assault on Ukraine.
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'Like an animal': replica of Navalny's cell set up in Paris
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» PARIS - A small concrete box marked with the word SHIZO (punishment cell in Russian) in giant red letters sits incongruously next to a 13th-century church just behind the Louvre museum in Paris.
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Kremlin critic Kara-Murza goes on trial for treason
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Monday began the closed-door trial of jailed opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who faces more than two decades in prison on charges including treason for comments critical of the Kremlin.
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'Navalny' wins best documentary feature Oscar
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - "Navalny," a film that examines the poisoning of jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, on Sunday won the Oscar for best documentary feature.
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Ukraine raids homes, offices in graft clampdown
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine expanded a clampdown on corruption on Wednesday launching coordinated searches of residences linked to a divisive oligarch and former interior minister as well as tax offices in the capital.
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Ukraine targets oligarch, ex-minister in graft clampdown
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine expanded a clampdown on corruption on Wednesday, launching coordinated searches of residences linked to a divisive oligarch and former interior minister as well as tax offices in the capital.
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Ukraine dismisses key officials in anti-graft purge
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Kyiv on Tuesday announced the dismissal of a dozen top officials in its biggest political shakeup following the country's first major corruption scandal linked to the Russian invasion.
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China's Tencent fires more than 100 for fraud, embezzlement
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent said Monday it had fired more than a hundred employees for violating company policies, with some referred to police and later found guilty of bribery and embezzlement.
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Mozambique ex-president's son, ex-spy bosses jailed for 12 years for graft
AFP, Published on 07/12/2022
» MAPUTO - A Mozambican court on Wednesday sentenced two ex-spy bosses and the son of a former president to 12 years each for their part in a corruption scandal in which the government sought to conceal huge debts, triggering financial havoc.
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Kremlin critic Yashin jailed over Ukraine remarks
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» MOSCOW: Russia on Friday sentenced opposition figure Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years in jail for spreading "false information" about Russia's offensive in Ukraine, the highest-profile conviction under new legislation criminalising criticism of the campaign.
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