By Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies | Associated Press Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to opposition leader Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. The crowds who thronged to honor Navalny outside a church and cemetery … Read more
A Chilean appeal court on Tuesday ordered the reopening of an investigation into the death of the leftist poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda in 1973 soon after the military seized power in a coup. In a statement, the court said it was heeding a request by Neruda’s family and Chile’s small Communist Party, adding … Read more
By Dasha Litvinova and Emma Burrows | Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political … Read more
