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Articles with tag "Opposition"

St. Petersburg Opposition Lawmaker Vishnevsky Resigns Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Ban

Authorities designated Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the liberal Yabloko party, as a “foreign agent” in March, citing his opposition to the war.

Russian Police Arrest Wife of Exiled War Critic Gozman for Trafficking Cultural Goods

Leonid Gozman has not commented on his wife’s case, but earlier he announced that he was suspending political and media activity “due to personal circumstances...
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Russian Opposition Activist Slits Wrists in Court -Rights Group

Suvorova was arrested in 2023 for allegedly filing a false police report after she said that she was attacked by a police officer.
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Russian Activist Killed on Front Line in Ukraine

Ildar Dadin, the first anti-Kremlin activist to be convicted under a 2014 law clamping down on protests, died fighting against Russia alongside Ukrainian...
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Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Opposition Politician Shlosberg

Shlosberg, one of the few anti-war voices remaining in Russia, faces up to two years in prison if convicted.
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Lithuania to Review Navalny Allies’ Claims Over Volkov Attack

President Nauseda emphasized that members of the Russian and Belarusian opposition “will be able to operate freely and be safe” in Lithuania.
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Who Is Leonid Nevzlin, the Controversial Exiled Kremlin Critic Accused of Ordering Attacks on Navalny Allies?

The Russian-Israeli businessman and outspoken Kremlin critic is at the center of a scandal between his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky and...
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Team Navalny Accuses Ex-Khodorkovsky Partner of Ordering Hammer Attack on Volkov

Leonid Volkov was attacked with tear gas and a hammer outside his home in Lithuania this March.
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Russia Jails Exiled Ex-Lawmaker Ponomaryov 10 Years in Absentia

A Moscow court found Ilya Ponomaryov guilty of “justifying terrorism” and spreading “fakes” about the Russian military.
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opinion Irina Mak

How Anti-Kremlin Artists Are Diagnosing a Sick Regime

Two and a half years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this art is seen less as a protest than as a testimony — or, rather, as a diagnosis.
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Moscow Activist Kotov Detained for Allegedly Donating to Navalny’s ‘Extremist’ Groups

Konstantin Kotov was arrested during the 2019 Moscow election protests and ended up serving 18 months for “multiple breaches” of Russian protest laws...
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Russia Hands 8-Year Term To Exiled Kremlin Critic Gudkov

Dmitry Gudkov, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, said the sentence was a "badge of honor."
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Poland Jails Ex-Navalny, Khodorkovsky Ally for Public Endangerment – Reports

Igor Rogov was reportedly detained while studying in Poland on a scholarship.
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Freed Russian Dissidents Hold Press Conference in Germany

“I feel like I'm watching a movie,” activist Vladimir Kara-Murza said. “A week ago, I was in a cell.”
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Renegade Ex-Lawmaker Ponomaryov Survives Drone Attack in Ukraine

“Today seems to be my second birthday,” he wrote on social media, claiming the attack was the fifth time he has survived an assassination attempt.
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Freedom of Russia Legion Breaks Ties With Ex-Lawmaker Ponomaryov

The group said it would “unilaterally revoke” its signature from the Irpin Declaration, “thereby terminating participation in any political projects...
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Russia Jails Exiled Politician Leonid Gozman 8.5 Years in Absentia for War Criticism

A Moscow court found Gozman guilty of spreading “fake news” about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia Adds Yulia Navalnaya to ‘Terrorists and Extremists’ List

Navalnaya’s spokeswoman said the speed of the designation means the opposition figure is “doing everything right.”
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Moscow Court Upholds Prison Sentence of Dissident Oleg Orlov 

Speaking to journalists via video link to the court before the session, Orlov said: "I do not regret or repent anything.”
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Lawyer Granted Access to Kremlin Critic Kara-Murza in Prison Hospital

“Kara-Murza’s health is currently relatively stable,” his lawyer wrote after being barred from accessing him for nearly a week.
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