Russia puts more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown on dissent reaches new levels

Independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported Tuesday ... Both Serenko and Zygar have long left Russia. The Kremlin's crackdown against opposition activists, independent journalists and ... Read More

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Amid news reports that ... unclear as the West African country deepens its ties with Russia. A string of arrests, including two Poles accused of attacking a Navalny aide and a third for ties ... Read More

My Father Was Assassinated in Russia. Putin Wants Rid of Everybody

Hearing the news about Navalny ... t go to Russia. It's too high risk, and I don't want to spend my life in prison. It would be a waste of time, and not the best thing I can do for my country. Read More

How Putin’s Whirlwind Bromance Could End in a Kremlin Tragedy

Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via ReutersThe Kremlin is reportedly scrambling to find a successor to Ramzan Kadyrov following reports that the Chechen leader has been diagnosed with necrotizing ... Read More

A court in Russia adds 2 more years to the prison term of Navalny's associate

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile ... He was Russia’s best-known opposition figure and Putin’s fiercest critic. Navalny had been imprisoned since ... Read More

Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny

Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers ... “We, IT specialists, left today’s Russia,” read a message ... Read More

Russia’s political class is taking a dark and vengeful turn

The headlines from Russia over recent weeks have been bleak: The death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny; a rigged election; and a ruthless insistence by President Vladimir Putin in pressing ... Read More

Jailed Navalny ally sent to solitary for removing his jacket at breakfast

Mr Yashin, 40, is one of Moscow’s most high-profile political prisoners ... KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP After the death of Navalny, Russia’s best-known opposition figure, in a Siberian prison ... Read More

Ukraine-Russia war latest: The big picture - what you need to know about the war in Ukraine right now

The big news ... Russia's military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. We are pausing our live coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine today. Read More

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By Neil MacFarquhar In the book, Navalny ... political crackdown at home. The status of a $110 million air base in the desert remains unclear as the West African country deepens its ties with Russia. Read More