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17 Mar
Vladimir Putin was headed for another six-year term as Russian president Sunday, exit polls showed, paving the way for the hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Victory for the 71-year-old in the three-day vote was never in doubt, with all his major opponents dead, in prison or…
3 Mar
Hundreds of Alexei Navalny supporters queued to lay flowers and pay tribute to the deceased opposition leader on Sunday, in a significant show of support for the anti-corruption campaigner, who died last month in an Arctic prison colony.
2 Mar
The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny visited his grave on Saturday, a day after thousands of Russians had risked arrest to pay tribute to the anti-corruption campaigner at his funeral.
1 Mar
The funeral of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is due to take place in Moscow on Friday, with mourners braving the risk of arrest to come and pay their respects.
1 Mar
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was so loathed by President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin leader refused to say his name in public. Navalny, whose death in an Arctic prison was announced on February 16, was Putin's most prolific critic for over a decade, blasting what he called rampant corruption and refusing to back down…
28 Feb
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral is planned for Friday in a Moscow church, his allies said, two weeks after his shock death in an Arctic prison.
27 Feb
In a poignant moment of reflection, the passing of Alexei Navalny on the 16th of February, 2024, resonates deeply with any true advocate of democracy. From his origins as a steadfast critic of Vladimir Putin to his global stature as a symbol of resistance against corruption, Navalny's legacy speaks volumes, echoing louder in death than…
24 Feb
Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, a leading hawk on the Ukraine offensive, said Saturday Moscow will seek "revenge" for massive Western sanctions.
23 Feb
US President Joe Biden on Friday announced sanctions on more than 500 targets in Russia on the second anniversary of the Ukraine invasion, vowing sustained pressure to stop President Vladimir Putin's "war machine."
21 Feb
Jailed Russian opposition figures have been reacting to the death of Alexei Navalny from their prison cells this week, with his former regional aide saying Wednesday that she was in "mourning".
20 Feb
The social media site X on Tuesday briefly blocked the account of Yulia Navalnaya just one day after she created it following the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
19 Feb
The relatives of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been refused access to his body for a third day, his team said Monday, saying his mother was "not allowed" into a mortuary where it could be being held.

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