Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: ‘It’s a strange feeling: willing your country to lose’
Co-founder of protest and performance-art group describes Russia’s descent under Putin into dictatorship and war
Alexei Navalny
Foreign lab tests show Alexei Navalny was poisoned, says his widow
Russian opposition leader died suddenly in prison in Arctic Circle last year
Alexei Navalny supporters visit grave on first anniversary of his death
Steady queue of people brave freezing temperatures and possible arrest in Moscow
Patriot by Alexei Navalny: Posthumous book underlines Putin critic’s final message: don’t give up
Highly readable account of a remarkable political life has a conversational tone, reflecting Navalny’s metier of social media
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
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’
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