Jennifer Monaghan

Feb 16, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Damien Sharkov |Jennifer Monaghan

Russian state media tend not to give much or any airtime to critics of the government, and their initial treatment of Alexei Navalny's reported death continues in this vein. On state TV channels, the media outlets with the biggest audiences in Russia, there has been minimal coverage of Navalny's death, and the first reports were largely slow to come and perfunctory.

Feb 16, 2024 | flipboard.com | Damien Sharkov |Jennifer Monaghan

15 hours agoEven behind bars, the dissident leader was a threat to the corrupt Russian dictator. Alexei Navalny returned to Russia in January 2021. Right before he boarded the plane, he posted a film titled “Putin’s Palace: The Story of the World’s Largest Bribe” on YouTube. The video, nearly two hours long, …

Nov 16, 2023 | bbc.com | Jennifer Monaghan

"I think our supporters are going to love watching her in an Arsenal shirt." Manager Jonas Eidevall was enthusiastic about Dutch midfielder Victoria Pelova after bringing her to the north London club from Ajax in the January transfer window, and Gunners fans are starting to see why. The 24-year-old has shown supporters more than enough glimpses of her talent, but Sunday's thrashing of Leicester marked a new stage in her development at the club.

Nov 7, 2023 | bbc.com | Jennifer Monaghan

Dnipro-1 are currently second in the Ukrainian Premier LeagueUkrainian top-flight teams Dnipro-1 and FC Oleksandriya played out the longest match in the league's history, with the game ending four hours 36 minutes after kick-off following multiple air-raid warnings. The match on Monday evening, played at the Dnipro Arena in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, kicked off 15 minutes late because of an air-raid siren.