Russian opposition leader Alexei @Navalny appears in a makeshift courtroom today in a prison near Moscow on charges of embezzlement that critics say is politically motivated. He could get a further 15 years. Little attention will be given to the case due to tensions over Ukraine.
Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko said the UK can "choke" on sanctions, in a rare televised press conference, adding that they are “American lapdogs”
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