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The Latest Breaking News from Alexei Navalny

Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’ leader will help America. My new book explains why he’s wrong

It is well known former US President Donald Trump admires the power strongman leaders wield.

The Conversation

Navalny ally calls on West to invest in Russia’s next generation to beat Putin

Exclusive: Leonid Volkov tells The Independent’s Tom Watling: ‘The vast majority of anti-Putin, anti-war, opposition-minded Russians are still inside the country, and they’re not changing their minds’

The Independent UK

Exiled Russian Dissidents In Germany Get Rare Boost From Freed Activists

Not long after Russian dissident Ilya Yashin was freed in a major prisoner swap with the West, he received a hero's welcome in Berlin, a growing centre for exiled Russian activists.

International Business Times

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Trial Of Navalny's Lawyers Begins In Russia

Trial of late Navalny's lawyers in Russia, accused of extremist group involvement, amid broader dissent crackdown.

Top News

The trial of lawyers who once represented late Kremlin foe Navalny gets underway in Russia

The trial of three lawyers who once represented late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny got underway in Russia on Thursday

The Independent UK

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

International Business Times

Kremlin Opponent Kara-Murza Urges Against 'Face-saving Exit' For Putin In Ukraine War

A leading opponent of Vladimir Putin, freed in a prisoner swap last month, on Monday urged the West against allowing the Russian leader any "face-saving" way out of the war against Ukraine, saying the end of his quarter-century of rule was the only solution for peace.

International Business Times

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Durov's Telegram: 'Weapon Of War' Under Increased Scrutiny

The arrest of maverick entrepreneur Pavel Durov has drawn global attention to the importance of his messaging app Telegram for Russian troops and propagandists as Moscow's war against Ukraine grinds into its third year.

International Business Times

Russia's top court extends detention for Navalny's lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges

Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to extend the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism

The Independent UK

Writer and Russia critic Masha Gessen claims Australia has ‘functionally denied’ them a visa

Prominent US-based journalist says ‘I am shocked the first allies the Russians have found in this quest to constrain me are the Australian authorities

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: key bridges destroyed in Kursk as Ukraine ‘leaves trail of destruction’ – as it happened

AP reporters in Kursk describe the scene; Russia’s foreign ministry says Ukraine likely used US-made rockets to destroy a bridge

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war briefing: Russian troops advancing ‘at fast pace’ on key eastern city of Pokrovsk

Authorities urge civilians to flee as Russians advance on city whose capture would compromise Ukraine’s defensive abilities. What we know on day 906

The Guardian - AU

Russian Authorities Refuse Criminal Investigation Into Navalny's Death

Russian authorities decline to investigate Alexei Navalny's death, widow disputes official cause, sparking renewed scrutiny.

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Navalny's Widow Accuses Investigators Of Covering Up Murder

Yulia Navalnaya disputes official findings on Alexei Navalny's death, suspecting foul play by Russian authorities. President Biden previously blamed Putin ...

Evening Standard

The best documentaries about political figures, from Klitschko to Navalny

These excellent films shine a light on some of history’s most important officials and activists

The Guardian - UK

Goodbye to Russia by Sarah Rainsford review – falling foul of Putin

This compelling chronicle of post-Soviet Russia by the BBC’s former Moscow correspondent captures vividly the tyranny and dark comedy of the president’s rule

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the US-Russia prisoner swap: release brought joy but there is a downside too

Joe Biden has demonstrated international diplomacy of the highest calibre, but this was America publicly bowing to blackmail

The Guardian - UK

After 16 months behind bars, my friend Evan Gershkovich is free

We exchanged letters on a weekly basis and throughout his time in a Russian prison the journalist in him never faded

The Guardian - UK

Russian dissidents freed in prisoner swap speak of deal ‘dilemma’

Activists say they never agreed to leave their homeland and vow to continue fighting for democracy in Russia

Evening Standard

Released prisoner Yashin: I was expelled from Russia against my will, not exchanged

‘This is my expulsion from Russia against my will,’ Ilya Yashin told reporters on Friday

International Business Times

Freed Russian Dissidents Bittersweet On Historic Swap

Russian dissidents freed as part of a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West this week shared their mixed feelings Friday about the deal at a news conference in Germany.

The Guardian - UK

Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

Negotiations, which began months earlier, originally included release of late opposition leader

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is a Russian state assassin

Spokesperson hints killer exchanged in prisoner swap was linked to Putin’s personal guard

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