Tag: Alexei Navalny

7 April 2021, 2:22 AM

Alexei Navalny, the prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is incarcerated in conditions that amount to torture and may ...

Navalny was jailed in February for two and a half years on charges he called politically motivated. He was arrested as he returned to Russia from Germany in January, where he had been recovering from what doctors said was a nerve agent poisoning.

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic pledge prison protest unless a doctor of his choice sees him

2 April 2021, 9:10 PM

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday they would stage a rolling protest outside his prison next ...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is accused of slandering a Russian World War Two veteran, stands inside a defendant dock during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, February 20, 2021.

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Navalny plan big spring protest

23 March 2021, 7:16 PM

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny announced plans on Tuesday to stage the biggest anti-Kremlin street protest in modern ...

A still image taken from video footage shows 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 February 2, 2021.

Kremlin critic Navalny arrives in penal colony: RIA

28 February 2021, 4:43 PM

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has arrived in a penal colony to the east of Moscow to serve his prison ...

Opposition supporters laid flowers on the bridge in central Moscow where Nemtsov was gunned down on the night of Feb. 27 six years ago.

Russian opposition marks anniversary of Kremlin critic Nemtsov’s murder

27 February 2021, 8:02 PM

Several thousand people commemorated the anniversary of the 2015 murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow on ...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, 44, was detained after returning to Russia from Germany last month and jailed on Feb. 2 for violating the parole terms on what he says was a politically motivated charge.

Russia dismisses European Court of Human Rights’ call to free Navalny

17 February 2021, 8:21 PM

Russia’s justice minister on Wednesday dismissed as “unlawful” a European Court of Human Rights ruling demanding the release of Kremlin ...

Leonid Volkov, chief of staff of Navalny's team, speaks during a news conference with "Cinema for Peace" founder Jaka Bizilj after Bizilj's foundation arranged for an ambulance aircraft to head to Omsk to pick up Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Berlin, Germany August 21, 2020.

Navalny ally urges Russians to light candles in Valentine’s Day protest

9 February 2021, 4:05 PM

An ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urged Russians on Tuesday to gather near their homes for a brief Valentine’s ...

Navalny’s allies have published a list of Russian business and political figures whom they want the West to sanction.

EU, UK and US to speak with Navalny team after Russia expels diplomats

8 February 2021, 2:14 PM

The European Union will hold a video call on Monday with allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, joined by ...

Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critics, was arrested at the Russian border on January 17 after returning from Germany where he had been recovering from being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent.

Britain calls for immediate release of Kremlin critic Navalny

3 February 2021, 2:11 AM

Britain called on Russia to immediately release Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced on Tuesday to 3-1/2 years in ...

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

Russian prosecutors seek Navalny jail term, Kremlin tells US to back off

1 February 2021, 7:22 PM

Russian state prosecutors said they would ask a court on Tuesday to jail opposition politician Alexei Navalny for up to ...

Putin calls pro-Navalny marches illegal, new protest set for Sunday

25 January 2021, 11:07 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned weekend protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as dangerous and illegal, ...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on board a plane before the departure for the Russian capital Moscow at an airport in Berlin, Germany, on January 17, 2021.

Navalny, anticipating arrest, planned protests to force Kremlin to release him, ally says

23 January 2021, 3:30 PM

Before he returned to Russia, opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his supporters had anticipated he would be arrested and planned ...

Alexei Navalny, held for now on a 30 day pre-trial detention order for failing to check in with parole authorities over a suspended prison sentence in a fraud case he says was trumped up, is occupying a three-person VIP cell.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny held in infamous Moscow jail

20 January 2021, 8:54 PM

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny, detained on Sunday after flying back to Russia for the first time after being poisoned with ...

Four masked police officers detained Navalny at passport control on Sunday evening as he returned to Russia after being treated in Germany for what German military tests showed was poisoning by a Novichok nerve agent, a version of events the Kremlin rejects.

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny calls for street protests after being jailed

19 January 2021, 1:25 AM

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday urged Russians to take to the streets in protest after a judge remanded him ...

Russian police detain Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival at airport

by Raymond Akamby

17 January 2021, 8:42 PM

Russian police detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny at passport control after he flew home to Russia on Sunday, his lawyer, ...

Alexei Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s leading critics, was airlifted to Germany for treatment in August after collapsing on a plane in what Germany and other Western nations say was an attempt to murder him with a Novichok nerve agent.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly to Russia on Sunday despite risks

13 January 2021, 7:15 PM

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he ...

Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critics, was airlifted to Germany for medical treatment in August after collapsing on a plane in Russia.

Kremlin mocks foe Navalny over alleged underwear poison plot

22 December 2020, 3:04 PM

The Kremlin on Tuesday mocked opposition politician Alexei Navalny and tried to call his sanity into question, a day after ...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, who were detained during opposition demonstrations for fair elections, in Moscow, Russia, on September 29, 2019.

Germany and France seek EU sanctions on Russians over Navalny

12 October 2020, 3:30 PM

Germany and France urged their European Union partners on Monday to consider imposing sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin ...

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.

In hardening stance, France, Germany push for EU sanctions on Russians over Navalny

7 October 2020, 8:00 PM