#BREAKING New trial against Kremlin critic Navalny opens from prison: AFP
#UPDATE New trial against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny begins inside prison colony outside Moscow where he is held, in a case that could see his sentence extended by over a decade.
The opposition politician has spent a year behind bars after surviving a poison attack
#BREAKING Prosecution of Kremlin critic Navalny 'incompatible' with rule of law: German Chancellor Scholz
#UPDATE German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday said the new fraud trial against Kremlin critic Alexei #Navalny was "incompatible" with the rule of law, speaking during a press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow u.afp.com/wMoc
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#BREAKING Russia announces end of Crimea military drills, troops leaving
#UPDATE Russia says military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea have ended and soldiers are returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine's borders.
State television shows images of military units crossing a bridge back to the mainland
#BREAKING EU chief urges Russia to take 'concrete' steps towards de-escalation
#BREAKING US Secretary of State Blinken tells Russian counterpart still possible to resolve Ukraine crisis 'peacefully': State Dept
#BREAKING Russian attack on Ukraine 'still very much a possibility,' US President Joe Biden says
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to push for a diplomatic resolution of the Ukraine crisis, but warned a Russian invasion remained "very much a possibility" and that retaliatory sanctions were primed and ready
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#BREAKING Canada capital police chief resigns amid protest response criticism: official
#UPDATE Backed by freshly invoked emergency powers, Canadian officials on Tuesday looked to bring an end to weeks of trucker-led protests that have paralyzed the capital Ottawa and snarled vital border crossings with the United States
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#BREAKING Canada announces easing of #Covid19 health checks at borders
Russian teenager Kamila #Valieva skated at the #Beijing2022 Olympics on Tuesday for the first time since sport's top court cleared her to compete despite failing a drugs test, bursting into tears at the end of her performance u.afp.com/wMkV#figureskating#AFPSports
VIDEO: 'Will it happen? Only Putin knows:' Ukrainians leave as possible invasion looms.
Both tourists and nationals check in at Kyiv airport as they fear for their safety with the standoff between Russia and the West continuing over Ukraine
US to relocate its embassy in Kyiv to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, citing a "dramatic acceleration" in the buildup of Russian forces at the country's border
@AFP's Allison Joyce photographs US service members based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, preparing deploy to Europe as the crisis between Russia and Ukraine escalates. Before boarding flights to Europe they must surrender their cell phones