The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the charges against him are politically motivated.

Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, has resigned from his post after inviting “war hero” Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament to take in the recent appearance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The ruling against Putin’s most prominent opponent is on top of an 11-and-a-half-year sentence he is already serving.

In the past few days there has been a steady stream of ethnic Armenians fleeing the contested region of Narogno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan launched a 24-hour assault on the Armenian enclave, which is surrounded by Azerbaijani territory, on September 19 and, following a ceasefire brokered the following day, refugees have been allowed…