Alexey Navalny

The president-elect has previously blamed Putin's regime for the poisoning of Alexey Navalny, vowing to work with allies to hold the Russian leader's government "accountable for its crimes."

Russia's regime increasingly looks like the de-institutionalized and repressive autocracies of post-Soviet Asia.

Doctors at Charitè Hospital in Berlin confirmed that the Russian opposition leader was poisoned with a cholinesterase inhibitor substance.

"Clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. The specific substance involved remains unknown, and a further series of comprehensive testing has been initiated," Charité University Hospital in Berlin wrote in a tweet.

Novosibirsk's mayoral candidate Sergey Boyko filmed the drone outside his high-rise apartment block.

The #ZolotowChallenge is sweeping the nation after he asked Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for a fight.

Russian opposition activists mounted a day of protests on local polling day, off the back of mass public outrage at an increase of the country's retirement age.

Kremlin critics are setting up rallies against one of Russia's least popular policies in years.

Putin had time to share his favorite "joke" about Donald Trump.

The uniformed vigilantes who attacked anti-Kremlin protesters were not police officers but did not arouse the suspicion of authorities.

The head of Russia's security council blamed a wide range of groups for implanting "destructive views" in the minds of the youth.

Hundreds of people were arrested across Russia as Putin prepares for an unprecedented fourth term.

Russian authorities threw out ballots in seven districts, but reports of voter fraud continued to mount.

By 2024, a generation of Russians will have known no other leader than Vladimir Putin. Only Josef Stalin has ruled post-imperial Russia for longer.

Vladimir Putin is expected to win when Russia goes to the polls, the only question is by how much.

A Belarusian-born escort claims to have information for the Russian collusion probe.

Nastya Rybka has offered to share information if the U.S. helps her get out of jail in Thailand.

The lawyer and anti-corruption blogger is holding the Russian president personally responsible for the disappearance of his iPhone 7.

The video, prompted by the revelations of a model, is under threat of being removed from other sites by authorities.

Alexey Navalny issued a rallying call to Russians ahead of March's election in the country.

The protest leader wants to launch rallies in over 80 cities to give Putin a wake-up call.

More and more young people have been joining Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny on street marches.

Russia's president has officially hit retirement age and his jailed critic wants him to embrace retirement.

Alexei Navalny has led two massive waves of protest across Russia this year, mobilizing the Russian youth. This time, police arrested him before he reached the rally.

From Alexei Navalny's "crooks and thieves" jibe to the manatee that keeps waiting around, Russians have found innovative ways to criticize the government online.

After mass youth protests in the past year, Russia's leader will school the country's pupils on the country's future, according to multiple Kremlin sources.

The head of Russia's state-run polling agency did not mince his words.

Navalny has rallied thousands to protests in Russia but the electoral commission says he has "no chance" of running in 2018.

Moscow police arrested hundreds, including protest leader Alexei Navalny, who called for an anti-corruption march in the Russian capital.

Alexei Navalny mobilized millions in March in an anti-corruption rally targeted at the Russian prime minister.