A Russian man critical of the Kremlin was strangled in his own home by a third party, a coroner has ruled, after evidence suggested his death was made to look like suicide.
Counter-terror police have renewed an appeal for information into the mysterious death of a Russian dissident, hours before the inquest into his death is due to resume in London.
Europe’s top human rights court has ordered Russia to release jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling quickly rejected by Russian authorities who are bent on isolating the Kremlin’s most prominent foe.