MELEKHOVO, Russia—Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged his supporters Monday to begin a broad campaign against Moscow’s actions in Ukraine as he went on trial on new charges of extremism that could keep him behind bars for decades. The trial began inside a maximum security penal colony in Melekhovo, 250 kilometers (150 miles) east…

R | 1h 38min | Documentary, Biography, History, Politics | 11 April 2022 (USA) As “Navalny” opens, 42-year-old lawyer-turned-opposition-leader-turned-office-seeker Alexei Navalny is asked by director Daniel Roher to tell the audience what to do if he should die before this film is released. Without missing a beat, Navalny scoffs and half-laughs, then responds by telling Roher that he can plan on…

By Jessica Schladebeck From New York Daily News Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption activist best-known for being Russian President Vladimir Putin’s loudest critic, revealed he has been ordered to spend time in solitary confinement. “There’s only a mug and a book in my cell. I only get a spoon at mealtimes. They even took away my…

MOSCOW—Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison on Tuesday, in a trial Kremlin critics see as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent foe in prison for as long as possible. A judge also ruled that Navalny would…

The Russian government on Tuesday added the jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, along with several of his top allies to an official list of people considered “terrorists or extremists.” Rosfinmonitoring, the country’s state financial monitoring service, updated its “terrorist” listing on Jan. 25, with Navalny and some members of his team—including top aides Lyubov Sobol and Georgy…

MOSCOW—Russia sharply escalated a campaign against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, opening a new criminal case against President Putin’s fiercest domestic critic that could allow the authorities to hand him another decade in jail. In a case condemned by the West, Navalny, 45, is already serving two-and-a-half years in prison for parole violations…

Russian authorities on Monday blocked access to a website linked to imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, ahead of this month’s parliamentary election. State communications overseer Roskomnadzor blocked the website for the “Smart Voting” project, which was created by Navalny’s team in 2018. The website aims to identify candidates who are in the strongest position in…

MOSCOW, Russia—German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia’s treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, democratic values, and other major topics of dispute Friday but vowed to maintain a dialogue. Merkel traveled to Moscow as she is nearing the end of her almost 16-year-long leadership of…

LONDON—Britain on Friday slapped sanctions on seven men it said were Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. It also issued a joint statement together with the United States warning Russia over chemical weapons. It did not outline any specific new actions taken by Washington but again condemned what it…

MOSCOW—Russian authorities announced a new criminal charge against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday, the latest move in a clampdown ahead of September’s parliamentary election that could add as much as three years to his prison term. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic critic, is serving a 2.5-year sentence for parole violations he calls trumped…