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A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow, who lives abroad

12:17pm July 10, 2024

by Charles Maynes

A Moscow court ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a hearing that was conducted in absentia as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition.

People watch as workers carry the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Relieve My Sorrows" in Moscow, Friday.

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Supporters chant 'We are not afraid' as Russia's Navalny is laid to rest

10:27am March 01, 2024

by Nick Spicer

Despite fears of a police crackdown, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral in southeast Moscow went on peacefully, two weeks after his mysterious death in an Arctic penal colony.

Alexei Navalny in Berlin in 2020, surrounded by his wife and two children.

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Opinion: Navalny's spirit and legacy live on

11:07am February 17, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.

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Alexei Navalny is seen in 2012 behind the bars in a police van after he was detained during protests in Moscow a day after Vladimir Putin's inauguration.

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Alexei Navalny, Russian politician who opposed Putin to the end, has died in prison

4:27pm February 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. The politician's team says it has received no confirmation of his death so far.

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Protesters light candles on Friday in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague after the announcement that the Kremlin's most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, had died in an Arctic prison.

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Alexei Navalny is the latest Putin critic to die in suspicious circumstances

3:06pm February 16, 2024

The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison was shocking, but hardly surprising. It follows a long line of fallen critics and opponents of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

A man holds a poster with a portrait of opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin on Friday. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony, Russia's prison agency said.

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As the world mourns Navalny, leaders and supporters point at Russia's government

2:27pm February 16, 2024

by Jackie Northam

The international reaction to the death of the prominent Russian opposition leader was swift, with many blaming the Kremlin.

Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who is seeking to run in the March 17 presidential election, laughs during a meeting of the Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Thursday.

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A Russian anti-war politician is blocked from running against Putin

4:26pm February 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Russian election authorities rejected Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential balloting.

Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza attends a conference of Russia's leading rights group Memorial in Moscow in October.

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U.S. calls for the immediate release of a vocal Kremlin critic detained in Moscow

2:16pm April 12, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 15 days in jail for disobeying police orders on Tuesday, the day after his arrest. The opposition leader has been speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, shown here at a 2019 rally in Moscow, says he plans to return to Russia.

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After Poisoning, Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Vows To Return To Russia

2:00pm January 13, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

Alexei Navalny said he has purchased a Sunday plane ticket to return to Moscow. He has spent months in Germany recovering from nerve agent poisoning.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to the media as a security officer guards an entrance of the Anti-Corruption Foundation office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday. The federal court bailiffs' service that conducted the Thursday ra

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Targeted In Police Raid

8:51pm December 26, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Video of the Thursday raid, shows a shower of fiery sparks as the door to Nalvany's Anti-corruption Foundation office is forced open with power tools.