Sergei Sobyanin

Kremlin defends Moscow against criticism of move to lift lockdown

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

Pandemic derails Russia's plans for lavish Victory Day celebrations

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

Putin under pressure as Russia fights uphill battle with coronavirus

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

Russia’s Covid-19 cases surge as fears over extent of outbreak grow

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

Russia closing its borders as Covid-19 numbers accelerate

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

Russia braces for national shutdown to slow spread of Covid-19

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

Coronavirus: Russian official questions Vladimir Putin’s data

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

Covid-19 fails to slow Putin’s ‘anti-constitutional coup’ in Russia

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

What Vladimir Putin’s political revamp means for Russia

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

The Irish Times view on protests in Russia: Public defiance

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

Moscow activist hotline braces for more reports of arrests and beatings

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

Pro-democracy activists and police set for fresh clashes in Moscow

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

Russian activists call for fresh protests following violent crackdown at Moscow rally

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

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested

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

Russian opposition plans major protest over Moscow election

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

Opposition candidates battle for inclusion in Moscow Duma poll

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

Hundreds arrested in Russian protests over pension age

Google criticised for removing content supporting Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

Kremlin fears a low turnout in poll would harm Putin legitimacy

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

Independents battle apathy as Moscow votes

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

Russia’s rehousing storm: Moscow moves to demolish homes of 1.6m people

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

Fourteen dead, mostly children, in Russian boating accident

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

Riots reveal Muscovites' anger at migrants and police

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

Thousands turn out for Alexei Navalny rally after pro-Putin official wins Moscow election

Opposition leader warned over claims of campaign of disobedience

Putin ally Sobyanin wins Moscow mayoral election

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

Navalny runs western-style in race for Moscow mayor

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

Bigger, brasher, deeper, where it’s all about money one way or another

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

Putin ally favourite for Moscow mayoralty

Conservative nationalist Sergei Sobyanin is free from allegations of major corruption

Russian opposition leader vows to become Moscow mayor

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

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