The widow of Aleksei A. Navalny said on Monday that she would carry on her husband’s work to challenge President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic rule,
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Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47
Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests,
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Found in an Arctic Prison
The Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny has been moved to a prison north of the Arctic Circle but “is doing well,” his spokeswoman said
Russia Detains Lawyers of Jailed Opposition Leader, Aleksei Navalny
Russian authorities on Friday detained three lawyers representing the jailed opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny in what his supporters said was a government-led attempt to
In Poland, Supporters of Opposition March in Warsaw Ahead of Key Election
Huge crowds marched through Poland’s capital, Warsaw, on Sunday, converging around a giant flag commemorating a 1944 uprising against Nazi Germany, as opponents of the
Swiss Court Acquits Belarusian in Opposition Leaders’ Disappearance
A former member of a Belarusian security services unit on trial for the disappearance of three prominent opponents of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko in 1999
Verdict Expected in Latest Trial of Russian Opposition Leader Navalny
A Russian court is expected to issue a verdict on Friday in a trial of Aleksei A. Navalny, the jailed opposition leader, on charges of
Will Erdogan’s Victory Soften Turkey’s Opposition to Sweden in NATO?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, invoking themes of Turkish nationalism and counterterrorism, has been the main obstacle toward Sweden joining the NATO alliance after
Georgian Opposition Urges More Protests Over ‘Kremlin-Inspired’ Law
TBILISI, Georgia — Opposition activists in Georgia on Wednesday called on their supporters to continue protests over a draft law on “foreign agents,” after riot
Belarus Sentences Exiled Opposition Leader to 15 Years in Prison
A court in Belarus has sentenced the country’s main exiled opposition leader in absentia to 15 years in prison, the state news agency, Belta, said