no comment Police chase and detain protesters in central Moscow Police on Sunday detained protestors outside the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, where jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny is supposedly being held. 31/01/2021
no comment Alexei Navalny allies take to Russian streets despite crackdown Demonstrations took place across Russia in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny despite a crackdown by authorities. 31/01/2021
no comment Police clash with protesters at pro-Navalny demonstration Thousands turned up to support Russia's jailed opposition figure. Police detained hundreds and were filmed hitting protesters. 23/01/2021
no comment Police detain protesters in Russia during pro-Navalny rallies Russian police detained protesters in the far-eastern city of Vladivostok as multiple rallies were planned in support of Alexei Navalny across the country. 23/01/2021
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
Belgium Target 'criminals' around Putin with sanctions, Navalny urges Europe Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says EU measures against Russian officials will only be taken seriously when they target oligarchs with close links to the Kremlin 27/11/2020
Russia Navalny: Putin 'intervened' to allow critic's evacuation to Germany The Russian president said he asked the country's Prosecutor General to immediately allow opposition figure Alexei Navalny to be moved to Germany for urgent treatment. 22/10/2020
Germany Angela Merkel visited Berlin sickbed of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny The opposition figure was in hospital in Berlin being treated for Novichok poisoning when Merkel came to the hospital for "a private meeting". 28/09/2020
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
Germany Navalny: Kremlin critic recovers speech and movement after poisoning In video posted on Instagram, Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned with Novichok, can be seen up and about and walking down stairs in the Berlin hospital where he is being treated. 19/09/2020
Russia Russians vote in local elections in key test for ruling party Before being poisoned, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was urging Russians to vote tactically by casting their ballot for candidates best placed to defeat the ruling United Russia party. 13/09/2020