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extremism charges

Russia Court Rejects Navalny Appeal Against 19-Year Sentence

Ahead of the appeal, prison wardens placed Navalny in a detention cell for the 20th time, his team said.
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Moscow Dismisses ‘Speculation’ About Navalny’s Inclusion in Prisoner Swap

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the Kremlin critic could be exchanged in a possible multilateral deal between Western countries and Russia...
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anti-corruption foundation

Russia Detains 4 Men for Donating to Navalny's ‘Extremist’ Orgs

Law enforcement officers carried out searches in connection with financing Navalny’s groups in the Russian cities of Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and Krasnoyarsk...
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opinion Aleksandr Smirnov

Russia’s Divided Opposition Must Form an Anti-Putin Coalition

The Russian opposition doesn’t help themselves by fighting between factions. They have no better option than to put their differences aside.
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return of 'smart voting'

Navalny Urges Russians to Vote Out Kremlin Candidates

Navalny warned he expected high levels of fraud in the upcoming elections and that the Moscow mayoral elections had "no meaning" at all.
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'putin is a killer'

Navalny Allies Stage Global Anti-Putin Protests on Poisoning Anniversary

Inside Russia, where protest activity is tightly controlled, single-person demonstrations were seen in several cities.
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crackdown on dissent

Trial Opens for Navalny Ally Facing 'Extremism' Charges

Ksenia Fadeyeva is a former municipal deputy in the Siberian city of Tomsk and was added to Russia's "terrorist" list in January 2022.
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political prisoner

What Do Russians Think About Navalny's New Prison Sentence?

Last week, a Moscow court sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to 19 years in prison on a string of new “extremism” charges that...
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extended term

Russia Sentences Navalny to 19 Years Behind Bars in 'Extremism' Trial

President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal domestic opponent will spend the 19-year sentence at a restrictive “special-regime” prison.
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political prisoner

Navalny Says Expecting ‘Stalinist’ Prison Term in Extremism Trial

Ahead of a court verdict on Friday, the Kremlin critic said he was preparing for Russian authorities to deliver a "long" and "Stalinist" prison term for...
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opposing camps

Arrested Pro-War Nationalist Girkin Is a ‘Political Prisoner,’ Navalny Says

Russia arrested Igor Girkin — who was sentenced to life in prison by a court in The Hague — on extremism charges after he repeatedly criticized the...
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political prisoner

Navalny Ally Jailed 9 Years for ‘Extremism’

Vadim Ostanin had served as the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's political network in the Siberian city of Barnaul.
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political prisoner

Navalny Sent to Solitary Confinement After Requested 20-Year Prison Term

“Just an hour ago, Alexei Navalny was again placed in a solitary punishment cell [for] introducing himself incorrectly,” his lawyer said.
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extended term

Russian Prosecutors Seek 20-Year Sentence for Navalny in 'Extremism' Trial

The jailed Kremlin critic is already serving a nine-year prison sentence on charges he and his allies call politically motivated.
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shizo

Navalny Prison Cell Replica Vandalized Ahead of NATO Summit

The Kremlin critic's supporters have toured European cities with the jail cell replica to raise awareness of the dire conditions in which he is being held...
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politicians in exile

Navalny-Backed Opposition Deputies Stripped of Mandates

Deputy Helga Pirogova told The Moscow Times that the decision by Novosibirsk's City Council was "absolutely illegal and politically motivated."
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first reaction

Putin a Danger to Russia – Jailed Opposition Leader Navalny

"It's not the West or the opposition that shot down Russian helicopters over Russia," Navalny said in his first comments on Wagner's aborted mutiny. 
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Strategic messaging

Navalny Launches Anti-War Presidential Campaign From Jail

“This is an election campaign against the candidates named ‘War’ and Putin,” the opposition leader said in a statement posted online.
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lack of transparency

Russian Judge Orders to Hold Navalny ‘Extremist’ Trial Behind Closed Doors

Navalny, who faces up to 30 more years in prison, demanded that his trial take place in a regular courtroom setting open to the public.  
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Political sentencing

Navalny Ally Chanysheva Jailed 7.5 Years for ‘Extremism’

Chanysheva was the first of Navalny’s associates to be arrested on “extremism” charges in 2021.
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