Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian politician and anti-corruption activist, has been making headlines due to his ongoing opposition to the Russian government and his calls for political reform. Navalny has been a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin and has organized large-scale protests against government corruption. He has also been the target of multiple arrests and legal actions by Russian authorities, including being poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, an incident he has blamed on the Russian government.
Born on June 4, 1976, Navalny is a lawyer by profession and rose to prominence through his anti-corruption investigations and political activism. He has used social media and his blog to expose high-level corruption in Russia and has gained a significant following for his efforts to promote transparency and accountability in government. Navalny has run for political office in Russia, including in the 2018 presidential election, where he was barred from running due to a prior criminal conviction that he and his supporters claim was politically motivated. Despite facing numerous challenges and legal obstacles, Navalny continues to be a prominent figure in Russian opposition politics.
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From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB — kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived
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Mr. Putin, who claimed his fifth term in March in a rubber-stamp election, repeated a call for talks to end the war in Ukraine that critics see as a demand for capitulation by the West.
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Dmitry Safronov is suspended from leading services and ordered to serve three years of ‘penance’
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Ukraine’s allies will never let it down, Olaf Scholz has said.
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A string of arrests, including two Poles accused of attacking a Navalny aide and a third for ties to a possible plot against Ukraine’s president, have amplified worries of Russian infiltration.
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A top Russian scientist developing hypersonic technologies has been sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of state treason, a spokeswoman for St.
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The book - Patriot - will be published on 22 October in at least 11 languages, including Russian.
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A Moscow court placed photojournalist Antonina Favorskaya in pre-trial detention for two months on charges related to the “extremism” case against late opposition activist Alexei Navalny, the court system’s press service said Friday.
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A Western Australian councillor offered his "most sincere congratulations" to Vladimir Putin on his election win.
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Navalny’s widow Yulia said the court rejected the lawsuit because it would have meant disclosing more information.
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One woman was killed and several others were injured in Ukrainian strikes on the western Russian city of Belgorod, regional authorities said Friday.
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Russia’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Thursday officially declared Vladimir Putin the winner of the 2024 presidential race.
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‘Putin removes his political opponents, controls the media, and then crowns himself the winner... This is not democracy,’ says Britain’s foreign secretary, David Cameron
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The Russian President made a provocative appearance on Monday.
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Russian exit polls handed Vladimir Putin a predictable win in the presidential elections with more than 87 per cent of the vote
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Russia said it was targeted by a wave of Ukrainian drones overnight Sunday, as Kremlin critics called for mass protests at polling stations on the final day of elections set to extend President Vladimir…
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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Thousands of Russian opposition activists fled to Lithuania’s capital following the Kremlin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, seeking safety from the political crackdown quickly sweeping their home country.
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A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine
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Russians will vote for one of the four presidential candidates officially registered by the Central Election Commission (CEC) this week.
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Ukrainian shelling of a Russian border village in the western Kursk region killed one woman on Sunday, the local governor said on social media.