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Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday, spokesperson says

After several locations refused to host the service, Navalny's spokesperson confirmed that a site for the funeral of the Russian opposition leader has been found.

Russia

Foreign diplomats pay tribute to murdered Putin opponent Nemtsov

The US ambassador and others laid flowers at the spot where a top critic of Vladimir Putin was killed in broad daylight nine years ago.

Russia

Alexei Navalny ally says he was about to be freed in a prisoner swap

Maria Pevchikh says negotiations for a prisoner exchange were in their final stages on the evening before his death.

World News

US and EU hit Russia with more sanctions over Alexei Navalny's death

The opposition activist died last week in an Arctic penal colony and it's also the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Alexei Navalny's body handed over to his mother, aide confirms

Alexei Navalny's team and family have accused the Russian authorities of hiding his body in a bid to hide the real cause of death.

World News

US to impose 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine

The new sanctions announced by the US Treasury Department will represent the largest single tranche of penalties since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago.

Europe Decoded

Widow of late Alexei Navalny becomes target of disinformation campaign

Various accounts accuse her of being in a new relationship with a Russian billionaire, despite the very recent death of her husband.

United Kingdom

UK sanctions officials at Russian penal colony where Navalny died

Along with international outrage at dissident's untimely death, some sympathetic Russians have defied efforts to crack down on public mourning.

USA

Trump likens his legal troubles to persecution of Navalny

Calling Navalny "a very brave guy", the Republican front-runner compared the criminal charges against himself to what happened to Putin's late rival.

World News

Navalny's mother appeals to Putin to release her son's body for burial

Dissident's family and supporters have spoken out since his death despite open repression of public support.

Europe News

'I'm not afraid': Navalny's widow vows to continue his work

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who died in a Russian prison on Friday, delivered a charged political message ahead of a meeting with European Union foreign ministers on Monday.

Russia

More than 300 detained in Russia for paying respects to Navalny

Russians continue to lay flowers in tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny following his sudden death in an Arctic prison.

Russia

Euroviews. Navalny is the latest martyr of Russian totalitarianism

The choice which now has to be made is not whether to appease the Kremlin or go into an open conflict with it. The choice now is either to stop Russia in Ukraine or be forced to fight a resurgent Moscow in defence of Eastern Europe as a whole, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

World News

Russian police arrest over 100 Navalny mourners nationwide

Floral tributes to Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe who died Friday in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unidentified people while police watched.

Europe News

EU leaders say Russia responsible for death of Alexei Navalny

Several EU leaders have said they hold the Kremlin directly responsible for the sudden death of Alexei Navalny.

Russia

How did Alexei Navalny become Putin's fiercest opponent?

Putin's staunchest opponent has died in prison. But who was Navalny? And how did the lawyer-turned-opposition leader rise to prominence?

Russia

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison at 47

Navalny was arrested in 2021 upon his return to Russia from Germany where he had been treated for a suspected assassination attempt by poison.

Russia

Euroviews. The unexpected upside of Russia's liberal candidate who was not to be

Boris Nadezhdin’s role was to be a certified loser. Yet, as hopeless and uninspiring of a candidate he was, he unwittingly gave Russian liberals hope, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny held in 'tiny Arctic punishment cell'

Alexei Navalny was recently moved to a high security prison in the Russian Arctic to serve his 19-year sentence.

Russia

Russia approves candidates to run against Putin in March election

It will be almost impossible for any serious rival to beat Putin, who has been in power for 24 years.