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Regions calling: Kremlin clamps down on communists ahead of State Duma vote

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times. This week, we unpack the motives behind the ongoing crackdown on members of Russia’s ...

Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Alexei Navalny and his opposition to Vladimir Putin

Alexei Navalny, a thorn in the side of the Kremlin and Russia’s most prominent political dissident, died in prison after ...

5 European nations say Russian opposition leader Navalny was poisoned and blame the Kremlin

Navalny, who staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died in the Arctic penal colony ...
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Kremlin rejects European assessment Navalny died of poisoning

He died in an Arctic prison colony in February 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence for "extremism", a charge that he and his supporters say was punishment for his opposition work.