A Russian university instructor discussed Navalny with his students — despite running the risk of being reported Evgeny Feldman After Alexey Navalny’s death on February 16, a history instructor at a public Russian university decided to start his lessons with a discussion about politics — despite the risk that one of his students might report him to the authorities.

The case against unrealistic faith in the ‘beautiful Russia of the future’ Meduza Alexey Navalny’s death in an Arctic Russian prison has left a lot of Russians feeling utterly powerless. Even Navalny’s own exhortations to never give up now feel like cold comfort to many of his mourners. Journalist Shura Burtin has taken an even more pessimistic view: he believes that in Russia’s current situation, having a hopeful vision of the future is actively harmful.

The Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Russia (AVVR) has appealed to the Russian government and the State Duma with a request to set import duties on wine from NATO countries at 200%. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the organization's executive secretary, Alexei Plotnikov.

How Russia’s world of ‘fixers’ has changed since the start of the war in Ukraine Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Scanpix / LETA In Russia, you don’t have to look too hard to find “tough guys” offering to help you deal with sensitive issues, whether they be business-related or personal.

The UK has removed billionaire Igor Makarov, founder and CEO of the energy company Areti , from its sanctions list. The corresponding notice was published by the UK Office for the Implementation of Financial Sanctions (OFSI). It said Makarov was "no longer subject to asset freezes or trust services sanctions." The reasons for this decision are not given. In June last year, it became known that Makarov had renounced his Russian citizenship.

Meduza’s Russian readers who attended Navalny’s funeral describe their experiences Getty Images Police stand next to a line of mourners at Moscow’s Borisovskoye Cemetery On March 1, Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny was buried at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow’s Maryino district. The previous day, the authorities cordoned off the church where his funeral was held and set up a corridor of metal fencing from the nearby subway station to the cemetery.

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that Alexei Navalny died of natural causes. He said this in an interview with Soloviev Live. Naryshkin was asked whether “forces in the West” were involved in Navalny’s death. “I don’t think that this is some kind of special plan, but, unfortunately, people have a peculiarity: sooner or later life ends, they die. Navalny died of natural causes, yes,” said Naryshkin (quoted by TASS ).

The Koshekhablsky District Court of Adygea satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, banning in Russia the activities of the “association” of Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoisky and persons associated with him. This was reported by the press service of the republic's courts.

Hungarian President Tamash Shuyok signed a law on ratification of an agreement on Sweden entry into NATO, the presidential office reports. The press service specified that this is the first decision of the shuyok as the head of state. The Hungarian Parliament ratified the protocol on Sweden to join NATO on February 26. On the same day, the deputies elected Shuyok to the president. Hungary was the last country of NATO, which did not ratify Sweden entry into the Alliance.

The social networks Facebook and Instagram (both owned by Meta) experienced a major outage, according to data from the Downdetector service . Users from many countries began reporting problems accessing Facebook and Instagram after 18:00 Moscow time. Problems with the Messenger service have also been reported. Users write that they cannot log in to Facebook and update their Instagram feed.

The authorities were very hoping to hold secret funerals - but neither blackmail nor threats worked Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Mother Alexei and Julia Navalny - Lyudmila Navalny and Alla Abrosimova - at the grave of the politician in the Borisov cemetery in Moscow. March 2, 2024 Farewell to Alexei Navalny on March 1 and in the next two days became a historical and incredibly important experience for millions of Russians. The authorities tried to avoid this with all their might.

So the Danish authorities tried to reduce the birth rate in the former colony in the 1960-1970s Mediacolor` / Alamy / Vida Press 143 Residents of Greenland filed a collective lawsuit against the Danish government with a request for compensation in the amount of almost 43 million Danish Croats (more than six million dollars) for the fact that they were forced to install intrauterine spirals in the 1960-1970s, the KNR Greenland radio reports.

On March 5, the Bitcoin rate exceeded 69 thousand dollars on the Binance exchange and updated the historical maximum reached in November 2021, RBC reports. At the time of writing the news, the price of Bitcoin had dropped to 67.4 thousand dollars, according to data from the Coindesk trading platform at 18:40 Moscow time. As RBC notes, over the past month, Bitcoin has risen in price by about 60%, and its capitalization has exceeded $1.27 trillion.

Police in Moscow have begun arresting people who attended Alexey Navalny’s funeral on March 1, according to the human rights project OVD-Info. Several of the arrestees were either filmed by surveillance cameras at the event or appeared in footage that was posted online. One Moscow woman, for example, was charged with “displaying a banned symbol” after the police heard her say “Glory to the heroes,” the traditional response to the salute “Glory to Ukraine,” in a video.

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