City accused of rushing to reopen ahead of military parade and vote on Putin term limit

Military parade and political and economic projects halted as Covid-19 cases soar

Pandemic lays waste to Russian leader’s political agenda and economic model underpinning regime

Cases jump by 10,000 making Russia the world’s seventh more affected country

Church patriarch joins officials and tells people to stay at home and ‘not act the fool’

Most workers told to stay at home for a week as outbreak gathers pace

Russia claims to have 495 cases of Covid-19 in a country of 146m people

Kremlin takes steps to halt virus but still plans April vote on controversial reforms

Sweeping changes to tilt balance of power after president’s term expires in 2024

As the swelling numbers at the Moscow rallies suggest, that brutal response may also be strengthening the protest movement itself

Public support for OVD-Info watchdog grows as riot police crack down on demonstrators

Rally planned for a week after 1,000 arrested in violent crackdown on demonstration

Russia’s opposition responds as over 1,380 are arrested at protest for free elections

Officials battle to keep lid on protests over forthcoming local election in Moscow

Activists to hold rally as opposition candidates are excluded from city legislature vote

While United Russia party has fallen from popularity, barriers keep rivals from election

Google criticised for removing content supporting Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

Weekend presidential vote: Opinion polls indicate Putin ahead of all seven rivals

More than 90% of city's local council seats are held by a pro-Kremlin party

Growing protests in capital over mayor’s programme to resettle over a million people

51 people were taking part in an outing on a lake in Karelia when boats capsized in stormy weather

More than 1,200 migrant workers detained in Moscow after protests follow fatal stabbing

Opposition leader warned over claims of campaign of disobedience

Opposition leader claims results of poll falsified as 99% of ballots counted

The incumbent mayor’s main rival is expected to take second place

Moscow Letter: Changes in Russia’s capital city are evident but a Putin ally is likely to be re-elected as mayor

Conservative nationalist Sergei Sobyanin is free from allegations of major corruption

Alexei Navalny tells supporters he will win election after being freed on bail