Russia has expelled diplomats from Germany, Sweden and Poland.
Read More »Thousands detained in Russia following protests in support of jailed opposition leader
Nearly 1,400 people were detained in Russia during Tuesday’s protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, rights monitors say. In Moscow, riot police were filmed beating demonstrators with batons. Mr Navalny, 44, was earlier jailed for three-and-a-half years for violating the conditions of a suspended sentence. He says the case was fabricated. He returned to Russia in January …
Read More »Russia fines Navalny’s wife Yulia for taking part in protests
A Moscow court on Monday has ordered the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine of 20,000 rubles (about $265) for violating protest regulations after she attended a demonstration in the Russian capital to demand his release.
Read More »Navalny: Scores arrested as anti-Putin protests continue in Russia
More than 1000 people have been detained at rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia, a monitoring group says. In Moscow police have closed metro stations and are restricting movement in the city centre. About 140 people have been detained there. Mr Navalny was jailed on his return to Russia after recovering from an attempt to …
Read More »Russian President Putin denies allegation he owns Black Sea Palace
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that an opulent Black Sea palace jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has accused him of owning did not belong to him or his family.
Read More »Russia arrests dozens of Navalny supporters at anti-Putin rallies across country
Russian police detained dozens of protesters on Saturday as supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets following his call to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule.
Read More »Navalny releases investigation into ‘Putin’s $1.35 billion private palace’
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was arrested on his return to Russia last weekend, released an investigation Tuesday into a lavish Black Sea property he claimed is owned by President Vladimir Putin.
Read More »Poisoned Putin critic accuses Kremlin of ‘highest level of lawlessness’ at first hearing, EU and US demand his release
Putin critic Alexei Navalny has accused the Russian government of the “highest level of lawlessness” at his first hearing since his arrest.
Read More »Russia’s Navalny flying home after recovering from poisoning
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in Moscow later on Sunday for the first time since he was nearly killed by a nerve agent attack last year.
Read More »Russian agent ‘tricked into detailing Navalny assassination bid’
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny duped a Russian FSB state agent into revealing details of an attack on him with the nerve agent Novichok, the investigative group Bellingcat reports.
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