Alexei Navalny
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PublishedApril 11, 2024
Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22
Navalny, 47, died in February while serving a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges that he condemned as politically motivated.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Russian court rejects suit by Navalny’s mother claiming poor medical treatment by prison
Navalny had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
After harshest crackdown since Soviet era, Putin extends rule in orchestrated election
President Vladimir Putin has sealed his control over Russia for 6 more years with a highly orchestrated landslide.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2024
UN rights chief calls on Russia to stop repressing independent voices after Navalny’s death
The U.N. human rights chief has called for a quick end to the 'repression of independent voices' in Russia and expressed concerns about the persecution of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last month.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2024
Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow
Navalny was buried after a short Russian Orthodox ceremony, with vast crowds waiting outside the church and then streaming to the fresh grave with flowers.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Thousands defy Kremlin to bid farewell as Alexei Navalny is laid to rest
The service followed a battle with authorities over the release of the body of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic, whose death is still unexplained.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2024
Alexei Navalny’s mother appeals to Putin to release her son’s body so she can bury him
Russian authorities have said the cause of the Russian dissident's death is still unknown and refused to release his body for 2 weeks as the preliminary inquest continues.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
U.S. sanctions Russian operatives accused in the poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny
Navalny, the most prominent member of Russia's opposition, campaigned to challenge Putin in the 2018 presidential election, but was barred from running, and this month a Russian court sentenced him to an additional 19 years in prison.