Alexey Navalny

An activist with Reporter Without Borders, wearing a mask depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, stands next to a giant portrait of imprisoned Russian journalist Alexei Kungurov on the Place de la Republique
Global Politics
Between Sochi and the World Cup, Putin built up a resistance to Western criticism over human rights
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk
Global Politics
Russia reacts to the ‘oligarch list’
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a live nationwide broadcasted call-in in Moscow, Russia, June 15.
Global Politics
Putin offers James Comey asylum
Alexey Petrov at the March protest in Irkutsk. The scene reminded him of his own generation 20 yrs ago — before Russians his age became jaded about politics.
Global Politics
Young Russia, adrift from the Kremlin, stands up to Putin
Vladivostok protest Russia
Justice
Russia’s weekend protesters were young, organized, and ready to challenge Putin
Navalny 2015 rally
Global Politics
A Kremlin rival says he’s ready to be Russia’s president
Alexei Gaskarov took part in an anti-Putin protest on May 6, 2012. An amateur video showed a police officer kicking Gaskarov in the head. But Gaskarov was arrested and sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison for "inciting mass disorder."
Global Politics
This Russian man got three years in prison for trying to protect a fellow protester
Russian OMON security forces detained dozens outside a Moscow courthouse, where anti-Putin protestors were sentenced to up to four years in prison.
Conflict & Justice
Inside and outside a Moscow courtroom, Russia cracks down on dissent
"Don't Blab" warns this Soviet-era poster.
Global Politics
Snowden revelations lead Russia to push for more spying on its own people