Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says his prison has designated him a terrorist
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday that a prison commission had designated him an extremist and a terrorist, but officially no longer regarded...
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The third man: UK charges another Russian for nerve attack on double agent
British police said on Tuesday a third Russian had been charged in absentia with the 2018 Novichok murder attempt on former double agent Sergei Skripal,...
Navalny allies accuse Telegram of censorship in Russian election
Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused Telegram of censorship on Saturday after the popular messaging app followed Google and Apple in restricting access to their...
Russia hits Navalny with new charge that could add to jail term
Russian authorities announced a new criminal charge against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday, the latest move in a crackdown ahead of September’s parliamentary election...
Kremlin critic Navalny’s website blocked by Russian regulator
Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s website, navalny.com, as well as 48 websites of people and organisations affiliated with him,...
Kremlin critic Navalny defiant but gaunt after hunger strike
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “naked, thieving king” on Thursday, looking gaunt but defiant in a courtroom video link...
Russian authorities paint over large Navalny mural in St Petersburg
Russian authorities rapidly painted over a large mural of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Wednesday after it appeared overnight on a building in central...
Top Navalny allies arrested as protesters prepare to defy Putin
Two of Alexei Navalny’s closest allies were arrested on Wednesday, their lawyers said, at the start of a planned day of mass protests in support...
Navalny in critical condition, ally fears the worst
An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician...
Russian prison threatens to force feed hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
Staff at the Russian prison holding hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are threatening to force feed him, his allies said on Monday, warning he had...
Alexei Navalny and Mulberry Street
By Gwynne Dyer By now Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached Correctional Facility No 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next...
Moscow accuses US of ‘anti-Russian lunge’ after imposition of sanctions, pledges retaliation (Update 2)
The Kremlin on Wednesday played down the impact of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Moscow’s treatment of opposition politician...
Russia beefs up fines for protest violations after Navalny rallies
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved legislation on Wednesday beefing up fines for offences committed during street protests after thousands were detained at unsanctioned rallies in...
Russia issues CIS-wide arrest warrant for close Navalny ally
Russia has issued an arrest warrant that covers a swath of other former Soviet republics for one of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s closest allies,...
Russia to try jailed Kremlin critic Navalny for slander amid EU talks
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court on Friday for a slander trial despite Western calls for his release and on the same day...
Lenin comes to town (again)
By Gwynne Dyer When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic...
Police arrest over 1,000 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny (updated)
Police detained over 1,000 people across Russia on Saturday and used force to break up rallies around the country as tens of thousands of protesters...
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly to Russia on Sunday despite risks
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he has been recovering after being...
Kremlin critic Navalny’s bank accounts frozen, apartment seized-spokeswoman
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning...
Kremlin critic Navalny posts photo of himself walking
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was seen walking down the stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed on Saturday, five days after a Berlin hospital...