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Russia’s exiled opposition rocked by claims over hammer attack on Navalny ally

Accusations that another Kremlin critic ordered attack on Leonid Volkov throws scattered opposition into further disarray

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

Microsoft Tries To Address Concerns Regarding Copilot's False Content On Navalny's Death

Navalny's passing on February 16, ignited protests in Russia and worldwide events honouring his life.

International Business Times UK · Feb 27, 2024

Navalny was about to be swapped for a Russian prisoner in Germany, an associate says

An associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says in a video statement talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany.

WEKU · Feb 26, 2024

Navalny didn’t just show enormous courage and express irrepressible hope – he embodied them

The Russian opposition leader’s final message – to ‘be scared of nothing’ – should be heeded by the west following his death

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Fears for jailed Putin critic Navalny missing for three days after ‘serious health incident’

Arch-Kremlin critic had just been handed fresh charges – as his team began anti-Putin billboard campaign

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023

Russian minister's ex-wife sneaked to UK to visit son who 'is dodging war'

Timur Ivanov and Svetlana Maniovich allegedly had a “pre-emptive” divorce last summer, allowing Ms Maniovich to dodge the EU sanctions that were later applied to her husband

Daily Mirror · Apr 22, 2023

‘We do our work because we are angry’: Navalny’s right-hand woman Maria Pevchikh on taking on Putin

It’s two years since the arrest and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Here his deputy talks about continuing his fearless anti-corruption work – and why she won’t give up hope of his release

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023

Robin Abcarian: Is the documentary 'Navalny' a life insurance policy for the imprisoned Russian opposition leader?

As Vladimir Putin wages his misbegotten war on Ukraine, there's another, quieter war he's prosecuting, this one against a 46-year-old man who sits in a Russian prison, in solitary confinement, on trumped-up charges of fraud.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 16, 2022

Vladimir Putin's right-hand woman is Valentina Matviyenko, a Ukrainian-born politician who passionately supports his war

She left her Ukrainian village for St Petersburg, dreaming of becoming a scientist. Instead she met a young KGB agent named Vladimir Putin who would eventually change her life.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

‘All I could do was film’: the making of a shocking movie on Alexei Navalny

In the eye-opening documentary Navalny, film-maker Daniel Roher was given unprecedented access to a Russian politician surviving an assassination attempt and a prison sentence

The Guardian - US · Apr 23, 2022