Search Results for: Alexei Navalny

Navalny arrested: ‘Russians are ready for freedom’

     

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who aims to unseat Vladimir Putin in presidential elections next year, was arrested ahead of a rally on Friday, raising the possibility of a month… Read more »

Putin critic Navalny jailed as mass protests ‘energize Russian opposition’

     

A day after Russia saw its largest wave of unsanctioned protests in years, opposition leaders on Monday cheered the turnout as a sign of widespread dissatisfaction with President Vladi­mir Putin…. Read more »

Why Putin’s repression is worse than under the Soviets

     

With Moscow’s barbaric aggression against Ukraine, Russia has experienced a quick return to almost Stalinist-era levels of repression, says former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky. New laws have made it impossible… Read more »

As symbol of global ideological struggle, Ukraine ‘galvanized democracies’ – and complicated support strategies

     

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February made democracy’s defense a priority of the highest geopolitical as well as normative order, says a new report. It propelled commitments to protect democracy… Read more »

Putin’s Ukraine war is ‘turning Russia into a failed state’

     

Pro-democracy Russians who reject the totalitarian Putin regime are doing what they can to help Ukraine liberate all occupied territories and restore its territorial integrity. We are also planning for the… Read more »

Russian opposition calls protests over Putin’s ‘disastrous’ war in Ukraine

     

Шествие в Москве против войны. Храбрые, лучшие! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/njAHbSAiOp — Соболь Любовь (@SobolLubov) September 21, 2022 Russia’s opposition on Wednesday called for protests against President Vladimir Putin after he ordered… Read more »