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Russia has thrown four journalists associated with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in jail, sentencing each to 5 1/2 years in prison. Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey ...

In the years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, political repression inside Russia has increased considerably.

In June, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia endorsed Mr. Smirnov’s campaign to run for governor, calling him an “experienced person.” In September, Mr. Smirnov was elected governor ...

A Russian court on Tuesday convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced each to 5 1/2 years ...

Russia today sentenced four journalists it said were associated with late opposition leader Alexei Navalny to five and a half years in a penal colony, intensifying a crackdown on press freedom and ...

AP Prosecutors said they created materials for the YouTube channel of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which is banned in Russia as a “foreign agent” and an extremist organisation.