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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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen at his annual news conference, in an image released by the Kremlin.

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'Why Do You Have This Spy Hysteria?' Putin Asks At Annual News Conference

10:19am December 14, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"They undermine their own nation," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of President Trump's American critics. The news conference went on for nearly four hours.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Saturday.

Trump: Putin Again Denied Interfering In Election And 'I Really Believe' He Means It

1:02am November 12, 2017

by Scott Horsley

While Trump says he believes the sincerity of the Russian president's denials made during a summit in Vietnam, Trump agrees with U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia did interfere in the election.

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Bill Browder, shown in Davos, Switzerland, in 2011, was a hedge fund manager. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in custody in Russia.

State Department Reportedly Revokes Visa Of Magnitsky Act Campaigner

1:18pm October 23, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Bill Browder lobbied Congress for passage of the 2012 law that targets Russian officials close to Vladimir Putin who are thought to be responsible for the prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions at a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Savonlinna, Finland, on Thursday.

Putin Derides 'Illegal' Sanctions Bill — But Says He's Waiting On Final Version

2:01pm July 27, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

At a news conference in Finland, the Russian president called the bipartisan bill "extremely cynical." But he said Russia will wait to see its final version before forming a "definitive view on it."

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a Cabinet meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Wednesday.

In Putin's Russia, An 'Adhocracy' Marked By Ambiguity And Plausible Deniability

5:02pm July 21, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Donald Trump Jr. found his meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya a waste of time, but her approach fits into a larger pattern of freelance political activity that has come to characterize Putin's Russia.

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Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, photographed on Nov. 8, 2016, met with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016.

Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr. Has Ties To Russian Government

10:05pm July 10, 2017

by Miles Parks

Natalia Veselnitskaya says she never acted on behalf of the government, but she's spent much of the past five years pushing Putin's messages and fighting American sanctions against Russia.

The president's eldest son, Donald Trump, Jr., admitted Sunday in a statement that he met with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 who was said to have had information helpful to his father's campaign against Hillary Clinton. He said the lawyer did not end up g

Trump Son Admits To Meeting Russian Lawyer With Offer Of 'Helpful' Info For Campaign

10:36pm July 09, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Donald Trump, Jr. gave shifting explanations of a meeting last summer with a Kremlin-linked lawyer, also attended by Trump's then-campaign chairman, Paul J. Manafort, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation outside Moscow on Thursday, ahead of Friday's G-20 meeting in Hamburg.

What Putin Wants From His G-20 Meeting With President Trump

3:08pm July 06, 2017

by Lucian Kim

When the two presidents meet Friday, the world will be looking for clues to the future of the fraught U.S.-Russian relationship. "Putin needs the meeting more than Trump," says one Russia expert.

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."