The Latest Breaking News from Alexei Navalny

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking a fifth term as Russians vote from Friday to Sunday in an election that has already raised transparency and accountability concerns. After two anti-war candidates were disqualified, the remaining three have all supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Learn about the intricate negotiations for a potential prisoner exchange involving Alexei Navalny and the challenges of engaging Russia in dialogue.

Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine.

Annual sequence devoted to recently deceased figures in the film industry also recognised Tom Wilkinson and William Friedkin

President Vladimir Putin has no doubt he will secure another term in Russia's election.

Editorial: Presidential elections this week are a sham, but they must not demoralise those who dare to imagine a Russia without Vladimir Putin

Julianne Moore revels in an X-rated period romp, Jennifer Arcuri enlivens a predictable Boris Johnson profile, and Guy Ritchie’s eight-part drama resorts to stereotypes

As Russians prepare to give the president another six-year term this week, an ex-rival has gone from protest candidate to grotesque war hawk

Prominent Russian opposition figures face harsh sentences for speaking out against Putin's regime, reflecting a broader pattern of suppression.

What do Iran, Russia and North Korea have in common? They are all oppressive dictatorships, led by corrupt, autocratic despots who despise opposition and murder their opponents.

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, predicted in previously unpublished testimony in 2020 and released on Wednesday that his death would change "nothing" and other people would stand in his place.