Alexei Navalny predicted he would die in Russian prison, memoir shows
Navalny was Putin’s most prominent foe and relentlessly campaigned against corruption in Russia
Alexei Navalny
Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny by John Sweeney – A grimly fascinating read
Author provides a genuinely frightening depiction of what it means to challenge the Russian leader
Behind the US-Russia prisoner swap: Putin’s assassin friend, spies and secret meetings
Deal between long-time adversaries – negotiated mostly by spies – secured release of several prisoners scattered across Russia, the US and Europe
Riot Symphony composer Conor Mitchell: ‘I’m hoping that one of Pussy Riot will come to the concert’
The composer’s new work, which is to receive its world premiere with the Ulster Orchestra, commemorates anti-Nazi protester Sophie Scholl
US intelligence agencies believe Putin ‘probably did not’ order Alexei Navalny to be killed - reports
Navalny, who was 47 when he died in an Arctic prison camp, was Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic critic
Russian journalist who covered Navalny trials jailed on extremism charges
Moscow court orders Antonina Favorskaya to remain in custody pending an investigation
Russia gets six more years of Vladimir Putin after expected landslide election
The elections were tightly controlled and closed to all genuine opposition challengers
Putin’s re-election inevitable amid deepening authoritarianism in Russia
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow calls for ‘noon against Putin’ protest
Lithuania blames Moscow for hammer attack on Leonid Volkov, a longtime aide to Alexei Navalny
Volkov (43) briefly hospitalised after incident and vows to continue fighting against Putin
Ukrainian Oscar winner Mstyslav Chernov: ‘I wish I’d never made this film’
Oscars 2024: The director of 20 Days in Mariupol would gladly swap his prize – his country’s first – for ‘Russia never attacking Ukraine’
Navalny’s death shames those of us who merely ‘fornicate and read the papers’
Unthinkable: Killing of the Russian opposition leader shames all of us who merely ‘fornicate and read the papers’
Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attend funeral in Moscow
‘Spontaneous memorials’ to the late Russian opposition leader are reportedly destroyed in several Russian cities
Thousands defy Kremlin to show up at Alexei Navalny’s funeral
Mourners gathered outside church chant ‘Putin is a murderer’, ‘Russia without Putin’ and ‘No to war’
Alexei Navalny’s widow addresses European Parliament ahead of his Moscow funeral on Friday
Allies of late Russian opposition leader accuse Kremlin of blocking plans to organise separate memorial event
Navalny’s lawyer briefly detained in Moscow
Vasily Dubkov says his detention was an obstruction of his activity as a lawyer
Russia unleashes war propaganda offensive in Italy
Moscow ‘has a strong foothold’ in Italian towns with a far-right presence
Ukrainian refugees should consider going home to aid war effort, says Kyiv’s top diplomat
Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba thanks Ireland for giving refuge to more than 100,000 Ukrainians
There are three good reasons to support the development of an EU army
The EU has never faced such a convergence of security crises on its doorstep
‘Don’t despair ... We were honest people’: Alexei Navalny’s message from prison has a lesson for us all
Rite & Reason: Where Mary stood by the cross, Navalny’s mother took her stand by the gates of the bleak Arctic prison to plead for the body of her son
Alexei Navalny’s body handed over to his mother, spokeswoman says
Kira Yarmysh said she didn’t know if the authorities would allow a funeral to be held ‘the way the family wants and the way Alexei deserves’
Who is Yulia Navalnaya?
She met her future husband, Alexei Navalny, then a young lawyer, while on holiday in Turkey in 1998
Yulia Navalnaya calls for ‘demonic’ Putin to release Alexei Navalny’s body for burial
Navalnaya accuses Russian president of holding husband’s body ‘hostage’ and questions Putin’s faith
Alexei Navalny obituary: An unflinching critic of Putin to his last breath
Opposition leader endured assaults and poisonings, and was serving multiple sentences when he died
‘We have to stop them’: Ukrainian ambassador calls for unity on anniversary of war’s start
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald says expelling Russian ambassador must ‘be on the table’ following death of Alexei Navalny
Navalny aides say Russian authorities gave his mother three hours to decide on public funeral
Lyudmila Navalnaya demanded for days for son’s body be handed over for burial to allow loved ones and supporters to pay respects
US targets Russia with hundreds of sanctions over Ukraine war, Navalny death
EU agrees sanctions on foreign companies accused of aiding Russia’s military campaign
Yulia Navalnaya and Nikki Haley embody a single truth: sometimes the act of opposing is enough
The world’s wars were started by men and are being continued by men. Maybe only women can stop them
Alexei Navalny’s mother accuses Russian authorities of funeral ‘blackmail’
Joe Biden meets wife and daughter of Russian opposition leader in California ‘to express heartfelt condolences’
Russian ambassador says Tánaiste’s assertion Moscow killed Navalny is ‘unconscionable’
Yuri Filatov said any attempt to put the blame on the Russian authorities is ‘politically motivated speculation’
Lawsuit on release of Alexei Navalny’s body will not be heard until next week
The opposition leader’s mother has been trying to retrieve her son’s body since his death in a penal colony on Saturday
Russia’s treatment of Alexei Navalny ‘chilling and ruthless’, says Tánaiste as Department summons ambassador
Micheál Martin says he agrees with other western leaders that the Russian opposition leader was killed by the Russian state
‘I cannot go back there’: Russian dissidents protest against Putin on the leafy streets of west London
The Russian embassy sits on one of the most expensive, and heavily-guarded, avenues in the city
Navalny’s widow asks EU to refuse to recognise upcoming Russian presidential election
Yulia Navalnaya accuses Putin of murdering husband, an outspoken Kremlin critic and opposition leader, using novichok nerve agent
Yulia Navalnaya takes the fight to Putin
After two decades of shunning the limelight, Alexei Navalny’s widow could be the most prominent female opposition figure in Russia in at least two decades
Navalny family accuses Russia of hiding activist’s body
Opposition leader’s mother and his lawyers were not allowed into morgue at Russian prison
Navalny’s widow urges EU to sanction enablers of Russian regime
EU to send naval mission to Red Sea while Hungary blocks sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers
Russia holding body of Alexei Navalny at undisclosed location as condemnation continues
More than 400 people detained in cities across Russia over weekend amid crackdown on those mourning President Vladimir Putin’s most influential opponent
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s mother told he had succumbed to ‘sudden death syndrome’
Alexei Navalny, Kremlin critic and Putin opponent, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the Polar Wolf Arctic penal colony
Talk of European nuclear deterrent without US involvement ‘not helpful’, says Nato boss
European Commission to open defence innovation office in Ukraine as Continent must ‘step up its industrial base’, says von der Leyen
Another Putin enemy dies, and a little more hope for a free Russia dies with him
Russian president’s hatred for Alexei Navalny manifested itself in an almost pathological refusal to even say the name of his most dangerous opponent
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny dies in Arctic jail, Russian prison service says
Wife of Russian opposition leader says she ‘doesn’t know whether to believe the news’ as Russian government ‘always lying’
Alexei Navalny: firebrand campaigner for ‘beautiful Russia of the future’
Putin’s most prominent opponent became a lightning rod for public dissatisfaction with the Kremlin
Russia’s Navalny jokes about ‘naked party’ in first video link from new prison
Jailed Russian opposition leader ridicules backlash to event as judge rejects his latest challenge to his treatment in prison following move to ‘Polar Wolf’ colony
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirms arrival at ‘Polar Wolf’ Arctic prison
Kremlin critic’s location unknown from two weeks while in transit to former Soviet gulag prison in the Arctic Circle, 1,900km from Moscow
Russia arrests three of Alexei Navalny’s lawyers
Detaining defence team of jailed opposition leader likely to deepen his isolation
Putin opponent Alexei Navalny sentenced to additional 19 years in prison
Kremlin critic says charges are bogus and designed to keep him out of politics
‘For a long time Wagner were regarded as scruffy mercenaries. Western armies have finally woken up’
With a reputation for extreme brutality, the group has an estimated 50,000 mercenaries in Ukraine
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to face new trial
Charges of extremism and terrorism could see Kremlin’s leading critic spend his life in prison
Alexei Navalny in ‘critical’ situation after possible poisoning, says ally
Russia’s most prominent jailed opposition politician reported to be seriously ill
Growing chants that all wars come to an end and negotiations must begin feeds Putin’s hopes the West will crumble
Do they think that after Putin has demonstrated what a great leader he is and how he defeated the mighty Nato, he’s going to stop there?
Alexei Navalny loses appeal against nine-year prison sentence
Russian opposition leader attacks ‘stupid war . . . built on lies’ in address to court
Russian crackdown: Why it takes tremendous courage to protest
Newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov is a rare voice speaking out against Putin’s ‘purpose-built, repressive system’
Macron and Le Pen in show of cordial hostility ahead of presidential run-off
Lighter moments punctuate intense TV debate that highlights chasm between the candidates
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