Russian authorities have denied the existence of political prisoners for decades. Any arrests on political grounds have ...

Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsihanouski says he was held in solitary confinement, in conditions similar to torture, during ...

The World’s Daniel Ofman speaks with journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about their new book that documents their ...

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 ...

Alexei Navalny handcuffed in court in Moscow in 2017. When John Sweeney first met the democracy activist in Strasbourg in 2018, he found him cocky, funny and charismatic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Relatives and friends pay their last respects at the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday ...