Putin Illness

The wife of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that investigators had told her his death in an Arctic prison colony in February was caused by a "combination of diseases" - a finding she rejected as preposterous.

"The fact that we can't find Alexey is particularly worrying because he fell ill in his cell last week: he got dizzy and laid down on the floor," Mr Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmys said.

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, is grappling with a mystery ailment in jail that could be some sort of slow acting poison, as he has lost 8 kg in weight in just over two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday denied speculation that President Vladimir Putin was ill, saying there were no signs pointing to any ailment.

Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: Two and half months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many conspiracy theories are swirling about the health of the 69-year-old Russian president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is "seriously ill" and it is an "element" of what is happening in Ukraine, said a former British spy.

The Kremlin said Thursday it was aware that President Vladimir Putin's chief critic Alexei Navalny was ill and wished him well, but said there was no evidence yet to back claims he had been poisoned.

A mother of an incurably ill six-year-old boy faces up to eight years in prison in Russia for trying to sell anti-seizure medication she bought for her child, she and charities said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday it was nonsense to think that Moscow would have poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who are critically ill in a British hospital.

Russia's combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at work, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in good health, the Kremlin said today, dismissing rumours that the leader was suffering from an illness after a foreign trip was cancelled.

The wife of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that investigators had told her his death in an Arctic prison colony in February was caused by a "combination of diseases" - a finding she rejected as preposterous.

"The fact that we can't find Alexey is particularly worrying because he fell ill in his cell last week: he got dizzy and laid down on the floor," Mr Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmys said.

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, is grappling with a mystery ailment in jail that could be some sort of slow acting poison, as he has lost 8 kg in weight in just over two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday denied speculation that President Vladimir Putin was ill, saying there were no signs pointing to any ailment.

Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: Two and half months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many conspiracy theories are swirling about the health of the 69-year-old Russian president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is "seriously ill" and it is an "element" of what is happening in Ukraine, said a former British spy.

The Kremlin said Thursday it was aware that President Vladimir Putin's chief critic Alexei Navalny was ill and wished him well, but said there was no evidence yet to back claims he had been poisoned.

A mother of an incurably ill six-year-old boy faces up to eight years in prison in Russia for trying to sell anti-seizure medication she bought for her child, she and charities said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday it was nonsense to think that Moscow would have poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who are critically ill in a British hospital.

Russia's combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at work, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in good health, the Kremlin said today, dismissing rumours that the leader was suffering from an illness after a foreign trip was cancelled.