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A Moscow Prison Got A Makeover For The World Cup, Opposition Leader Quips

1:56pm June 14, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Upon his release, Alexei Navalny said in an apparently sarcastic Instagram post that the prison was getting upgrades for soccer fans: LCD TVs and three-course meals.

Vladimir Putin speaks with his hand on the Constitution during his inauguration ceremony as new Russia's president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on Monday.

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Putin Starts Historic Fourth Term As Russian Leader

11:36am May 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

By the end of his new presidential term, Putin will have served longer than any other Russian leader since Communist dictator Josef Stalin.

Alexei Navalny takes a selfie with his supporters during a rally last month calling for a boycott of the presidential election in March, which he has been banned from running in.

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Russian Police Briefly Detain Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny — Again

11:04am February 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Navalny says he faces jail time for organizing illegal protests. It's not the first arrest this year for the Kremlin critic, who has been barred from running in this year's presidential election.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, heads to meeting of the Russia's Central Election commission on Dec. 25 in Moscow. Officials formally barred him Alexei Navalny from running for president in the March 18 election, which he says is a prede

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Banned From Election, Putin Foe Navalny Pursues Politics By Other Means

9:53pm February 08, 2018

by Lucian Kim

The popular 41-year-old lawyer is calling for a boycott of the March 18 presidential election, which he says is rigged. He says Putin's regime is built on making Russians believe nothing can change.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, is detained by police officers in Moscow, Russia on Sunday.

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Prominent Putin Critic Arrested Amid Nationwide Protests Against Upcoming Election

11:33am January 28, 2018

by Chris Benderev

Russian police dragged opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a march in Moscow and carried him feet-first into a van. Earlier Russian authorities appeared to raid his headquarters,

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a meeting with his supporters in Moscow on Sunday. Navalny, seen as the only Russian opposition leader who stands a fighting chance of challenging strongman Vladimir Putin, was seeking to g

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Russian Opposition Leader Barred From Running Against Putin In 2018

12:36pm December 25, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Alexei Navalny will not be allowed to run for president in Russia's election next year, officials announced on Monday. Navalny, a critic of President Vladimir Putin, has vowed to appeal.

Anti-government protesters march in Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia and Russia's third most populous city, with a banner reading "Corruption steals the future!"

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Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia's Capital

11:32pm June 12, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Novosibirsk is a key center of support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. "I believed that Putin would make things better," a protester said. But "he made things better only for a few people."

Alexei Navalny is seen being detained by police outside his apartment in Moscow in this photo provided by the Navalny Anti Corruption Fund.

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Detained On Day Of Large Protests

6:27pm June 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

A Moscow court sentenced Navalny to 30 days in jail, after police detained him outside his home Monday ahead of nationwide demonstrations. Hundreds of others were also detained.

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Alexei Navalny's YouTube show attracts a million views per episode. The Putin critic offers breezy commentary on the week's events, fields questions from his Twitter feed and heaps scorn on the Kremlin.

Banned From Russian TV, A Putin Critic Gets His Message Out On YouTube

2:58pm June 01, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny is calling for nationwide protests and wants to be president. The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to the freewheeling weekly show he's started on YouTube.

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Thousands Of Russians Take To Streets In Biggest Anti-government Protests In Years

11:36am March 26, 2017

Thousands turned out in Moscow and other cities in protest, demanding the prime minister's resignation. Police arrested organizer, anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny.

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