Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Alexey Navalny protest art installation set up in Paris Supporters of imprisoned Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, installed a replica of his prison cell on a square near the Louvre Museum in Paris on Tuesday, to raise awareness of his plight. 14/03/2023
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Now playing Next Russia Alexei Navalny says he was 'moved to tiny cell' in Russian prison Putin's most prominent internal critic claims he has been transferred to a cramped "punishment cell" in prison and deprived of family visits. 18/11/2022
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Now playing Next Russia Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny moved to maximum-security prison The Russian opposition leader had been jailed near Moscow since February 2021. 14/06/2022
Now playing Next Russia Navalny loses appeal over being labelled an extremist and a terrorist Navalny, Russia's highest profile critic of Vladimir Putin, was given a nine-year jail sentence earlier this year. 08/06/2022
Now playing Next Russia Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is facing a further 15 years in jail The most prominent critic of Vladimir Putin wrote on Instagram this week that the fresh charges against him include "inciting illegal protests" and creating an "extremist group". 01/06/2022
Now playing Next Russia Russian court upholds nine-year prison sentence for Alexei Navalny The opposition activist is now expected to be transferred to a more strict penal colony for repeat offenders to serve out his sentence. 24/05/2022
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Now playing Next France Le Pen too close to Putin and voters should back Macron, says Navalny The Kremlin critic has described a loan from a Russian bank to the French far-right presidential challenger's party as "corruption" and "a sale of political influence to Putin". It's corruption. And it's a sale of political influence to Putin, 20/04/2022
Now playing Next Russia Ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny given six-month prison sentence The Russian activist had been under parole conditions after being convicted last August. 14/04/2022
Now playing Next Russia Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny given eight years in jail for fraud The prosecution requested 13 years in prison for "fraud" and "offending" a magistrate. 22/03/2022
Now playing Next Russia Alexei Navalny faces 13 years in maximum security prison in Russia The Kremlin critic says the charges against him are politically motivated. 15/03/2022
Now playing Next no comment Dozens detained at anti-war rally in St. Petersburg Dozens of anti-war demonstrators are detained in Saint Petersburg after jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on Russians to protest President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. 03/03/2022
Now playing Next Russia Kremlin critic calls for protests and labels Putin an 'insane tsar' The jailed opposition leader has urged Russian and Belarusian citizens to continue defying the authorities. 02/03/2022
Now playing Next Russia Alexei Navalny faces additional 10-year jail sentence on fraud charges The Russian opposition leader is already serving a 2.5-year sentence in a maximum-security detention centre. 15/02/2022
Now playing Next Culture news 'Navalny': Inside Sundance 2022's shock Novichok documentary debut Attendees were welcomed the last-minute mystery showing depicting imprisoned opposition leader Navalny's remarkable fight for justice. 26/01/2022