A Moscow court ordered the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, who lives abroad, on charges of alleged involvement in an extremist group.
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Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22
Navalny, 47, died in February while serving a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges that he condemned as politically motivated.
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Russian court rejects suit by Navalny’s mother claiming poor medical treatment by prison
Navalny had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
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After harshest crackdown since Soviet era, Putin extends rule in orchestrated election
President Vladimir Putin has sealed his control over Russia for 6 more years with a highly orchestrated landslide.
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UN rights chief calls on Russia to stop repressing independent voices after Navalny’s death
The U.N. human rights chief has called for a quick end to the ‘repression of independent voices’ in Russia and expressed concerns about the persecution of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last month.
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Thousands defy Kremlin to bid farewell as Alexei Navalny is laid to rest
The service followed a battle with authorities over the release of the body of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic, whose death is still unexplained.
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Alexei Navalny’s mother appeals to Putin to release her son’s body so she can bury him
Russian authorities have said the cause of the Russian dissident’s death is still unknown and refused to release his body for 2 weeks as the preliminary inquest continues.