Human rights groups say the sentencing of Navalny’s associates shows the Kremlin is continuing to crack down on opposition to Putin’s rule and his war in Ukraine. “By targeting lawyers for ...

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Navalny, Putin's main political opponent, communicated with the world by transmitting messages through his lawyers that his team then published on social media. Passing letters and messages ...

all of which he said were trumped up by the authorities to silence his criticism of Putin. The Kremlin says it does not comment on individual court cases. Authorities have long cast Navalny and ...

Ms Navalnaya believes that Putin is responsible for Mr Navalny’s death and has offered a reward to witnesses who may have evidence that he was murdered. World leaders have lined up to lay blame ...

Navalny, Putin's main political opponent, communicated with the world by transmitting messages through his lawyers, which his team then published on social media. Passing letters and messages ...

Three lawyers who represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to years in a Russian penal colony, as part of Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on dissent that has ...

A request to remove late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a list of “terrorists and extremists” has been rejected despite his death last year, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has ...