Alexei Navalny

Russian police have arrested more than 100 people who had taken to the streets to mark the 47th birthday of Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, a protest monitoring group said. OVD-Info said in a statement that 109…

Russia has issued an international arrest warrant for one of Alexei Navalny’s allies, Leonid Volkov, who is currently based outside Russia, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. Volkov has urged Russians to gather near their…

Russia has expelled three diplomats from Germany, Sweden and Poland for joining protests in support of opposition activist Alexei Navalny, who was jailed earlier this week. The Russian foreign ministry said the three took part in…

A Russian court has sentenced Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny on Tuesday for a three-and-a-half-year term, ignoring the West in its ruling. The opposition politician blamed the ruling on President Vladimir Putin’s personal hatred and fear…

A Russian court on Friday ordered that the brother and several allies of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny be put under house arrest ahead of the new nationwide rallies planned for Sunday. Moscow police said they would close metro…

Supporters of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have called for more rallies across the country this weekend to demand his release after he was put in pre-trial detention over parole violations he denies. One of Navalny’s …

Dozens of people have been detained as police try to stop nationwide protests in Russia in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Mr Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after…

The United States and several European governments have demanded the release of opposition politician, Alexei Navalny from Russian detention. Mr Navalny, 44, was detained soon after his flight from Germany landed in Moscow on…

Police detained prominent Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow on Sunday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summer. The move, which could see Navalny jailed for 3.5…

Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny is to return to Moscow on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned by a nerve agent last year. Navalny took off on Pobeda airlines plane in Berlin, bound for Russia. The…