W ATCH RUSSIAN television or listen to Vladimir Putin’s chilling speeches, and Russia is a besieged fortress, struggling to ...

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Courts in Russia on Friday convicted one opposition figure in absentia and placed another under house arrest as Moscow continues its crackdown on dissent.

Two key figures in Russia’s beleaguered political opposition were targeted by Russian courts as Moscow continues its ...

Thousands gather for Alexey Navalny's funeral in Moscow, risking arrest 01:56. People lined up for at least half a mile outside the Moscow church where Alexey Navalny's funeral took place Friday ...

Thousands of people defied the threat of arrest by attending the funeral of Alexei Navalny in Moscow, embracing one of the last remaining avenues to register their anger at President Vladimir ...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried in Moscow after crowds gathered for his funeral in defiance of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.

Police officers stand guard at the Borisovskoye Cemetery where the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be held on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 29 ...

Navalny had been jailed since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow to face certain arrest after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin.