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Russia announces death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in prison

Prison service says the Putin critic collapsed and lost consciousness after a walk in a remote penal colony.

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Russian authorities cast doubt on antiwar hopeful’s election bid

Boris Nadezhdin says officials claim to have found invalid signatures backing his bid to run for president in March.

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Putin critic Navalny says he’s in punishment cell at Russian Arctic prison

‘Polar Wolf’ colony is among the harshest in Russia’s prison system, whose inmates have been convicted for grave crimes.

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Russian court hands Navalny ally long prison sentence

Since the invasion of Ukraine, nearly all of the Kremlin’s critics have been jailed or gone into exile.

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Alexei Navalny sends 'Santa Claus' message after being 'found' in Arctic penal colony

Jailed Putin critic Mr Navalny had been uncontactable for three weeks

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‘Don’t worry about me. I’m fine’: Kremlin critic Navalny from Arctic jail

Russian opposition leader says he has seen his lawyer after 20 days travelling to penal colony above the Arctic Circle.

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Kremlin has ‘no information’ on missing Putin critic Alexey Navalny

Russian opposition figure has been moved from penal colony and lawyers say they haven’t seen him since last week.

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Allies say Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny removed from prison

A spokesperson for the Russian opposition figure says prison officials have refused to say where he was transferred.

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Who is Ilya Ponomarev, the anti-war Russian renegade exiled in Ukraine?

Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, likens himself to Charles de Gaulle. Does he really pose a threat to Putin?

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Russia’s Navalny loses appeal against 19-year jail term

The ruling against Putin’s most prominent opponent is on top of an 11-and-a-half-year sentence he is already serving.

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‘My Fears and Hatred’: Navalny lambasts the 1990s democrats of Russia

Jailed opposition leader slams those charged with rebuilding Russia’s politics and economy after the Soviet collapse.

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 538

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 538th day.

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Russian opposition activist Navalny is sentenced to 19 more years in prison

The Russian activist, a fierce opponent of President Vladimir Putin, was sentenced Friday on extremism charges, which he denies. He is already serving prison sentences on other charges he denies.

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Russian court hands jailed Alexey Navalny new 19-year prison sentence

A constant thorn in Putin’s side, Navalny said he expected a ‘Stalinist’ sentence on a slew of extremism charges.

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Russia jails Navalny campaigner Vadim Ostanin for ‘extremism’

Russia has outlawed Navalny’s organisation as part of a crackdown on dissent that’s worsened since the war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Alexei Navalny: Jailed Putin critic forced to listen to presidential speech for over 100 days in a row

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny revealed he has been forced to listen to the same Vladimir Putin speech for over 100 days in a row.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 496

As the war enters its 496th day, these are the main developments.

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Putin foe Navalny risks 30 more years in jail as new trial opens

A Russian court opened a new trial of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny on Monday that he and his supporters say could add another 30 years to his prison sentence.

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City of London rejects replica of Vladimir Putin critic Alexey Navalny’s cell as artwork as ‘too political’

The City of London has turned down a plan to erect a replica of the cell used to hold Russian dissident Alexey Navalny amid fears it could compromise its “political neutrality”.

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Russia’s Navalny slams ‘absurd’ terrorism case from jail

Russia’s main opposition figure is serving a combined sentence of 11 and a half years for fraud and contempt of court.

Tribune News Service

Putin critic jailed for 25 years in harshest anti-war ruling yet

Russia sentenced a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin to 25 years in prison in the harshest sentence yet handed down to an opposition activist.

Evening Standard

Supporters of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny say he may be being poisoned in prison

Russian dissident politician Alexei Navalny may have been poisoned according to his spokeswoman who says he is ill in jail with a mystery ailment.

Tribune News Service

Russia blames Ukraine as suspect held in pro-war blogger’s death

Russia accused Ukraine and a group linked to anti-Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny of plotting a bomb explosion in a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a pro-war military blogger.

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Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk

Almost 500 Russians have been charged under wartime censorship laws. We look at 12 cases.

Foreign Policy

Putin’s War on Young People

Almost unnoticed, a generation of Russians has come of age during his 23 years in power.

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