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.

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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

Yulia Navalnaya reflects on the reality of a recent prisoner swap that excluded her late husband, Alexei Navalny, highlighting both the hope and the ongoing struggle for Russia's opposition.

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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

The report found that, while Putin was responsible for Navalny’s death, he likely did not order it at the time it occurred.

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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

The book is unlikely to be readily available in Navalny's native Russia, where the authorities outlawed his movement as extremist.

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Russia detains around 200 people, including leading opposition figures

As the forum got underway, police entered the building and began detaining attendees and taking them to police vans waiting outside, video footage from TV Rain and Russian news agencies showed.

MARCH 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted by police officers after a court hearing, in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021.

Navalny emerges in jail in Russia's Vladimir region, meets lawyers

The whereabouts of Navalny, 44, had been a mystery since he left jail in Moscow.

MARCH 3, 2021ByREUTERS
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US sanctions Russia for poisoning Alexei Navalny

The officials said Navalny was targeted for his activism in trying to raise questions about what they called Russian corruption.

MARCH 2, 2021ByREUTERS
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.

US sanctions for Navalny poisoning may come on Tuesday - sources

Many Western countries say Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent, but the Kremlin has denied any role in his illness and has said it has seen no proof that he was poisoned.

MARCH 2, 2021ByREUTERS
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.

Jailed Putin critic Navalny moved, probably to prison camp - lawyer

He is due to spend a little over 2-1/2 years behind bars, according to his lawyers, one of whom, Vadim Kobzev said on Twitter he had been moved from his Moscow jail.

FEBRUARY 26, 2021ByREUTERS
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Amnesty International revokes Navalny's 'prisoner of conscience' status

Amnesty still believes that Navalny should be freed from jail.

FEBRUARY 24, 2021ByREUTERS
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and to protest against proposed amendments to the country's constitution, in Moscow, Russia February 29, 2020.

Russians set for candle-lit Valentine's Day protest after Navalny jailing

Navalny was arrested last month on his return from Germany following treatment for poisoning, in Siberia, with what many Western countries say was a nerve agent.

FEBRUARY 14, 2021ByREUTERS
People participate in a demonstration after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in jail, in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021.

The Alexey Navalny odyssey is about keeping Russia in a cage - opinion

While the repressive power of intimidating, poisoning, and imprisoning Alexey Navalny comes from the Kremlin, perhaps the more decisive power is anchored in the Russian minds.

FEBRUARY 9, 2021ByARTIOM HILDEBRANDT
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.

Senior doctor in charge of Navalny's treatment in Russia dies 'suddenly'

The report stated that the doctor, Sergey Maximishin, died "suddenly" and noted the hospital did not mention cause of death. He was 55-years-old.

FEBRUARY 5, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny goes downstairs at Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, in this undated image obtained from social media September 19, 2020

Kremlin critic Navalny to spend two years and eight months in jail

Navalny's allies called on their supporters to immediately protest against the ruling in central Moscow.

FEBRUARY 2, 2021ByREUTERS
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted by police officers after a court hearing, in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021.