Alexei Navalny

Russia has unleashed a harsh crackdown on dissent over the past year by imprisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny and silencing his supporters and his organization.

The trial has drawn widespread critics who say the charges are merely an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent foe in prison for as long as possible.

A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he already is serving a prison term

A drama about an undocumented nanny in New York City, a documentary about three exiled dissidents from Tiananmen Square and another doc about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have won top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival

Alexei Navalny’s death “would be another indication that Russia has little or no intention of abiding by basic fundamental human rights,” said Biden.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said Friday he will start to end his nearly month-long hunger strike.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested in Russia after attending unauthorized protests in support of the jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny.

Police arrested nearly 1,500 people in a day of demonstrations throughout Russia calling for freedom for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose health reportedly is in severe decline after three weeks of hunger striking, according to a group that monitors political detentions

Several doctors have been prevented from seeing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual State of the Nation address just as pro-Navalny protests took place.

A lawyer says Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, was moved to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death

A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, says his health is deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old could be on the verge of death.

The Biden administration said it is disturbed by reports that imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s health has deteriorated and called for his release.

Biden admin and State Department weigh additional sanctions as Nord Stream 2 pipeline nears completion.

Russia is recalling its ambassador to the United States for consultations

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has described tight controls at his prison, saying they include hourly checks at night

Critics argue the pipeline is not compatible with European climate goals and will likely strengthen Russia’s economic and political influence over the region.

The Biden administration has announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses related to the poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Administration officials said Tuesday’s sanctions were the first of several steps planned in response to what they said were “destabilizing” actions by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A Moscow court has rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal of his prison sentence and another judge later has ordered him to pay a fine for defaming a World War II veteran

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it is expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany, accusing them of attending a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as international tensions grew over the jailing of the Kremlin’s most prominent foe