Alexei Navalny

Russian opposition faces challenges as Navalny’s widow takes the helm

Experts question if Russia's fractured opposition can challenge the Kremlin effectively.

 Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and Russian dissidents Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin attend a "No to Putin! No to war in Ukraine! Freedom for political prisoners!" protest in Berlin, Germany, November 17, 2024.
 Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Russian nationals, including Artyom Dultsev, Anna Dultseva and their children, following a prisoner exchange between Russia with Western countries, during a ceremony at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia August 1, 2024.

Yulia Navalnaya expresses bittersweet reaction to prisoner swap excluding her late husband

 Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are seen near the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 16, 2024

Putin didn’t order Navalny’s death, US intelligence agencies claim - WSJ

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia attend a hearing at the Lublinsky district court in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2015

Russian opposition politician Navalny wrote memoir before death, says widow


Two Russian exiles, Kremlin critics, possible poisoned in Germany

Two women, a journalist and a director of an anti-Kremlin NGO, reported symptoms that suggested possible poisoning.

German police gather near Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, June 6, 2018.

UN expert calls for urgent medical care for Russia's jailed Navalny

Navalny's supporters said last month that he was suffering from significant stomach pain in jail, which they said could be a sign of some sort of slow acting poison.

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia May 17, 2022.

Navalny says he faces 30 more years in Russian jail in terrorism case

Navalny said it was absurd to argue he had committed terrorism while in prison.

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from a penal colony in the Vladimir Region during a hearing at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia April 26, 2023

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he's in harsher solitary cell for six months

Russian prison supervisors said that just two weeks ago, Navalny's health was not in danger.

RUSSIAN OPPOSITION leader Alexei Navalny, who is accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, inside a defendant dock during the announcement of a court verdict in Moscow, Russia earlier this month.

Alexei Navalny vows to keep resisting Kremlin as campaign to free him launches

Navalny was arrested two years ago immediately after returning to Russia from Germany where he received life-saving medical treatment.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020.

Putin critic Navalny sent to solitary confinement for washing face too early

Perhaps the most notable Putin critic in the world, Navalny is serving an 11.5-year prison sentence for his dissidence.

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia May 17, 2022.

Ukrainian people receive Sakharov freedom prize

The prize has been awarded annually since 1988 to individuals and organizations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Representatives of Ukrainian civil society pose with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola after receiving the Sakharov Prize in the name of the people of Ukraine and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France December 14, 2022.

Russians rally against Putin's mobilization, thousands detained in protests

Hundreds were arrested in the Russian capital after jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny called for nationwide protest.

 Russian law enforcement officers detain a person during an unsanctioned rally, after opposition activists called for street protests against the mobilisation of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022

Amnesty Int’l’s distortion of humanitarian laws has become an art form - opinion

It is left to us now to admit, once and for all, that the rights organization has stretched the definition of “charity” to be, instead, a party to bloodshed and political radicalism.

 UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky walks with soldiers in the town of Izium after it was liberated by Ukraine’s armed forces.

Navalny from Russian prison: I was thrown in solitary confinement

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said that prison authorities had thrown him into a punishment cell for a minor rules infraction after he tried to encourage fellow inmates to form a trade union.

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia May 17, 2022.