A Moscow appeal court on Saturday upheld a prison sentence imposed on Alexei Navalny after he returned to Russia from Germany last month
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny lost his appeal on Saturday against what he said was a politically motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years, and was found guilty of slander and fined in a separate case.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin's most prominent opponent Alexei Navalny faces two court decisions on Saturday that could seal a judge's ruling to jail him for several years, after he returned to Russia following a poisoning attack. #BangkokPost #World
Saturday is shaping up to be a big legal day for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, with two verdicts expected
Analysis: Russians who protested last Saturday in cities thousands of miles from Moscow, often in difficult conditions, may indicate their concerns run broader and deeper than Alexei Navalny’s arrest and poisoning
MOSCOW - Billionaire and Vladimir Putin ally Arkady Rotenberg Saturday said he owns a Black Sea coast property that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says costs over $1.5 billion and belongs to the Russian president. #BangkokPost #World
Several allies and supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained in Moscow early Thursday after mass protests last Saturday demanding his release from prison drew tens of thousands to the streets in over 100 Russian cities.
Several allies and supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained in Moscow early Thursday after mass protests last Saturday demanding his release from prison drew tens of thousands to the streets in over 100 Russian cities.
Russian police raided the offices and properties of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, including an apartment where his wife was. The searches come after tens of thousands supporters took to the streets on Saturday to call for his release from jail
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NEW: Police detained hundreds of people Saturday in Russia’s Far East and Siberia as protesters defying bitter cold and a ban by authorities staged nationwide rallies to demand the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
First Russian authorities lock up opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the skimpiest of pretexts, then they detain his ally, Lyubov Sobol, for calling for protests on Saturday on his behalf. No Kremlin pretense of respecting political freedoms here.
Police across Russia arrested more than 2,100 people Saturday as protests erupted in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was jailed last weekend when he returned to Moscow for the first time since being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent.
Police detain a boy during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Saturday. 📷 Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
Russian authorities are trying to curb protests in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was jailed after returning from Germany. Police are making arrests and officials threaten to fine social media companies ahead of Saturday's rallies.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained by police at a Saturday protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained Saturday outside his home in Moscow ahead of planned nationwide anti-government protest rallies
Outspoken Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny was reportedly detained outside his home in Moscow on Saturday and injured while in police custody
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