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Russian journalists, from left, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin, Artyom Kriger and Antonina Favorskaya, accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, stand in a defendant's cage of the Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo)
April 16, 2025, 4:20 am
Russian court convicts Israeli national, 3 others for work with Kremlin foe Navalny
Four journalists found guilty of extremism for working for anti-corruption group founded by late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison each
By AP
In this Sunday, February 24, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Pavel Golovkin, File)
February 20, 2024, 9:55 pm
US to impose ‘major sanctions’ on Russia over Navalny death, as Kremlin shirks blame
New sanctions to join existing ones from Russia-Ukraine war; US pressuring Kremlin to provide ‘complete transparency’ on circumstances of Navalny’s death
By Agencies
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, addresses a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, February 19, 2024. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
February 19, 2024, 5:42 pm
Widow accuses Putin of killing Navalny, vows to keep fighting Kremlin
Yulia Navalnaya slams authorities for denying access to Russian opposition leader’s body, alleges attempt to cover up killing in Arctic penal colony, noting earlier poisoning
By AP
A woman touches a photo of Alexei Navalny after laying flowers paying the last respect to him at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
February 17, 2024, 3:03 pm
Navalny’s team confirms Kremlin critic’s death, says his mother is searching for body
Spokesperson says Russian opposition leader was ‘murdered,’ but local morgue denies holding body; further arrests in Russia at memorials for anti-corruption activist
By Emma Burrows
In this Sunday, February 24, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Pavel Golovkin, File)
February 16, 2024, 2:12 pm
Russia’s prison service says imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died
Fierce Putin critic had been behind bars since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin
By Jim Heintz
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin attending a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to Heroes of Russia on the eve of the Heroes of the Fatherland Day at the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 8, 2023 (Sergey GUNEYEV / POOL / AFP)
December 9, 2023, 11:43 pm
Putin says he will run for re-election in 2024
Russian leader expected to extend his decades-long grip on power in election called a ‘parody’ by jailed dissident Alexei Navalny
By AFP
A TV Screen showing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 2nd left, between his lawyers in a courtroom, via video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, during a preliminary hearing, in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, Russia, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
June 19, 2023, 5:41 pm
Navalny goes on trial in Russia on charges of ‘rehabilitating Nazi ideology’
Russian opposition leader already serving nine years for fraud and contempt of court, but could be imprisoned for another 30 if found guilty
By Agencies
Russian opposition figure and former mayor, Yevgeny Roizman, appears in court in Yekaterinburg on March 16, 2023. (Anna Yurieva/AFP)
April 27, 2023, 3:05 am
Yevgeny Roizman, one of few vocal Kremlin critics still free, now facing risk of jail
Former mayor of Yekaterinburg, who was born to a Jewish father, has said he has ‘no fear’ of being detained after speaking out against invasion of Ukraine
By AFP
Russian opposition figure and former mayor, Yevgeny Roizman, talks to the media after a court hearing in Yekaterinburg on April 26, 2023. (Anna Yurieva/AFP)
April 27, 2023, 2:08 am
Dissident Russian ex-mayor stands trial for criticism of Ukraine invasion
Yevgeny Roizman, the most high-profile opposition figure still in Russia not behind bars, pleads not guilty to ‘discrediting’ army
By AFP
Iconic Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva in a 2018 interview (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 6, 2022, 2:59 am
Why it’s a big deal that ‘tsarina of Russian pop’ came out against war in Ukraine
The fan base of Alla Pugacheva, who recently fled to Israel, encompasses all elements of Russian society, including millions of everyday Russians
By Olga Partan
In this July 24, 2018 file photo, Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks during an interview by The Associated Press in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
September 6, 2022, 9:49 am
Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky calls on Russians to ‘sabotage’ Putin’s regime
London-based Russian billionaire says he opposes ‘terrorist methods,’ but other courses of action available to disrupt war in Ukraine
By Michael Horovitz
Russian opposition figure and former mayor of Yekaterinburg Yevgeny Roizman attends an interview with AFP at his charity fund in the main Urals city of Yekaterinburg on July 15, 2022. (Alexei Vladykin/AFP)
July 20, 2022, 5:52 pm
Facing jail threat, Russian dissident former mayor plans to keep fighting Kremlin
One of the only opposition figures not in exile or locked up, Yevgeny Roizman, born to a Jewish father, says he feels ‘insanely guilty’ over Moscow’s war against Ukraine
By Romain COLAS
File: Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian opposition activist, arrives to lay flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia, on February 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
April 22, 2022, 8:38 pm
Kremlin opens cases against prominent activist and other critics of Ukraine war
Lawyer says Vladimir Kara-Murza accused of spreading ‘false information’ about Russian army, as several others hit with similar charges
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubais in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2016. (AP Photo)
March 25, 2022, 5:15 pm
Official who reportedly told Yeltsin to hire Putin among those to quit over Ukraine
Climate envoy Anatoly Chubais among several prominent Russians stepping down; gone too is deputy PM Dvorkovich; no indications of resignations in Putin’s inner circle.
By AP
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link during the verdict in his embezzlement and contempt of court trial at the IK-2 prison colony in the town of Pokrov in Vladimir Region on March 22, 2022. (AFP)
March 22, 2022, 10:47 am
Russian court sentences jailed Kremlin critic Navalny to 9 more years on new charges
Judge convicts opposition leader of embezzlement, contempt of court; ‘Putin is afraid of the truth, I have always said this,’ writes dissident following sentencing
By AFP
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