Russia Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine A well-known Russian opposition politician who was held in police custody for two days last week in a criminal investigation that he has left the country for Ukraine. 06/06/2021
Russia Putin warns Russia's enemies will have 'teeth knocked out' Vladimir Putin was speaking at a government meeting Thursday when he made the strong comment. 21/05/2021
Russia Euroviews. In Europe, information is a battleground and Russia is winning | View "A major poll, released last week by GLOBSEC, found that citizens in these neighbouring countries are more likely than not to see Russia as the world’s leading military power, as well as a victim of western machinations." 23/04/2021
USA US expels Russian diplomats and imposes sanctions for hacking The measures are meant to punish Russia for actions that US officials say cut to the core of American democracy and to deter future acts. 16/04/2021
Russia Alexei Navalny health 'deteriorating' in jail, lawyers say "The rapid deterioration of his health condition raises our extreme concerns," they said. 25/03/2021
Russia Russian parliament passes law that could keep Putin in office to 2036 Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a law allowing acting President Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms. 24/03/2021
Russia Russian police detain participants at opposition forum in Moscow The detained included leading opposition figures, like Yulia Galyamina. 13/03/2021
Russia Boris Nemtsov: Thousands pay tribute on sixth anniversary of murder Thousands of Russians, as well as some western diplomats, have marked the sixth anniversary of the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. 27/02/2021
Russia Kremlin critic Navalny loses appeal and is found guilty of defamation The opposition leader, who returned to Russia in January after being treated for Novichok poisoning in Germany, appeared before a Moscow court in two separate cases on Saturday. 20/02/2021
Russia 'Heavy-handed' tactics likely from Moscow at pro-Navalny rallies Protests are planned across 60 Russian cities on Saturday in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny 22/01/2021
Russia Russia rebuffs calls to release detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny The opposition figure returned to Russia on Sunday five months after he arrived for treatment and convalescence in Germany for nerve agent poisoning. 19/01/2021
Netherlands Navalny: Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok poisoning "Any use of chemical weapons is serious and cannot be without consequences," Germany said after the OPCW confirmed that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok. 06/10/2020
The Cube Navalny poisoning: Decoding the Kremlin's information war | #TheCube In this 30-minute special edition of #TheCube, we examine the clash of information between east and west, and why Alexei Navalny is such an enemy of the Kremlin. 02/10/2020
Russia Russian bailiffs seize Alexei Navalny's assets, says spokeswoman Navalny's flat and some of his bank accounts were frozen while he lay in a coma in Berlin, the Kremlin critic's spokeswoman said on Thursday. 24/09/2020
World Moscow says it has not seen evidence Navalny poisoned with Novichok A Kremlin spokesperson says Moscow hasn't received any evidence from Germany that Russian opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. 04/09/2020
Russia Doctors say improvement in symptoms of Putin critic Alexei Navalny On Friday, the Berlin hospital where Navalny is being treated said there was "some improvement" in his symptoms. 28/08/2020
Russia Fourth week of anti-Kremlin protests in Russia's far-east Thousands of protesters took to Russia's eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for a fourth consecutive weekend, up in arms over what they call a politically motivated arrest of the region's popular governor. 01/08/2020
Russia Third protest in Russia's Far East demands fair trial for governor Demonstrators in Khabarovsk, Russia, continue for the third week calling for a fair trial of the former regional governor, Sergei Furgal. 25/07/2020
Russia Do protests in Russia's Far East show Putin's grip is weakening? Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the eastern city of Khabarovsk in spite of several Kremlin attempts to dissuade them. Are Moscow's once-reliable methods of control diminishing? 20/07/2020
Russia Russia: Huge rallies after arrest of 'people’s governor' Sergei Furgal Tens of thousands are protesting in the country's far east after the arrest of Sergei Furgal arrest amid charges of involvement in multiple murders. He got elected governor of the Khabarovsk region in 2018 after defeating the Kremlin-backed incumbent. 18/07/2020