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Russia has unleashed a harsh crackdown on dissent over the past year by imprisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny and silencing his supporters and his organization.

A Russian court has convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison in a move seen as an attempt to keep him behind bars for as long as possible.

Facing stiff resistance in Ukraine and with crippling economic sanctions at home, Russian President Vladimir Putin is using language that recalls the rhetoric from Josef Stalin's show trials of the 1930s.

The Russian authorities are seeking a 13-year prison sentence for opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a trial that is widely seen as politically motivated.

More than 8,600 Russians have sought refuge in the U.S. on the Mexican border in recent months, overwhelmingly using official crossings in San Diego.

A U.S. official says Russia has asked China for military equipment to use in its invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser has warned a top Chinese official about China’s support for Russia in the Ukrainian invasion — even as the Kremlin denies anew that it has requested Chinese military equipment.

A rivalry with Russia.

The United States has accused Russia of using a U.N. Security Council meeting for “spreading disinformation” as part of a potential false-flag operation by Moscow for the use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce Friday that the U.S., along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

The Biden administration is warning that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian claims of illegal chemical weapons development in the country it has invaded.

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine advances a global anti-democratic trend — one that has seen strongmen, some elected, nudge their nations toward dictatorship and ignore once-solid democratic norms.

As the West sounds the alarm about the Kremlin ordering troops into eastern Ukraine and decries an invasion, Russian state media paints a completely different picture.

A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he already is serving a prison term.

Even if a Russian invasion of Ukraine doesn’t happen in the next few days, the crisis is reaching a critical inflection point.

Be it sports, politics, hacking or war, the recent history of Russia’s relationship with the world can be summed up in one phrase: They get away with it.

The prison sentence imposed a year ago on leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a severe blow to Russia’s opposition.

Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival are usually accompanied by descriptions of the looming mountains, snowy premieres and frantic bus shuttles.

A drama about an undocumented nanny in New York City, a documentary about three exiled dissidents from Tiananmen Square and another doc about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have won top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival.

Hours after Russian authorities officially added Alexei Navalny to the country’s registry of terrorists and extremists, a new documentary about the imprisoned opposition leader premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Russian authorities have added imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and some of his top allies to the registry of terrorists and extremists, the latest move in a multi-pronged crackdown on opposition supporters, independent media and human rights activists.

During President Joe Biden's first year in office, he took action on a number of his key promises, from rebuilding U.S. alliances globally to distributing vaccines across America and the world.

Amnesty International says it has independently confirmed that an Israeli company's powerful spyware was used to hack a Polish senator when he was running the opposition’s 2019 parliamentary election campaign.

President Vladimir Putin is wishing Russians a happier new year, hailing their solidarity and strength in the face of tough challenges like the coronavirus pandemic.

Russia’s highest court has shut down one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations.

A Moscow court has fined Google nearly $100 million and Facebook's parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law.

The young adult daughter of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny received a standing ovation from European Union lawmakers as she accepted the EU’s top human rights prize on her father’s behalf.

The Kremlin says Chinese President Xi Jinping is supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his push to get Western security guarantees precluding NATO’s eastward expansion.

Germany is expelling two Russian diplomats after a court concluded that Moscow was behind the killing of a Chechen man in Berlin two years ago.

A Russian parliamentary commission has recommended stripping a lawmaker in the lower house of his immunity from prosecution as he faces charges over the illegal killing of an elk.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize, in a clear slap at President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin has “constructive” relations with the Biden administration and has voiced hope that mutual interests would eventually help normalize U.S.-Russia ties.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whom many regarded as a top candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, is congratulating countryman Dmitry Muratov for winning it.

As a new Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Russian newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov has downplфyed the buzz around his name.

The annual Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced Oct. 8, shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace.

The Communist Party, which came second in Russia’s parliamentary election this month, has filed multiple lawsuits to contest the results from online voting in Moscow.

Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his closest allies, accusing them of forming an extremist group and being involved in one.

A group of politicians and activists who lost to their Kremlin-backed opponents in Russia’s parliamentary election have formed a coalition to contest the results from online voting in the Russian capital.

Apple’s and Google’s cooperation with the Russian government’s efforts to suppress an app opposed to the ruling regime is escalating concerns about whether Big Tech’s pursuit of ever-higher profits has trampled their commitment to protecting civil rights.

Election authorities announced Russia’s ruling party will get 324 of the 450 seats in the next national parliament.

Videos have emerged from three days of voting in Russia's parliamentary election showing ballot-box stuffing in various locations across the vast country.

Russia’s ruling party has retained its supermajority in parliament following three days of voting, further cementing President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.

Early results Sunday in Russia’s parliamentary election show the dominant pro-Kremlin party well in the lead, but it is unclear if the party will retain the two-thirds majority of seats that would allow it to change the constitution.

The head of Russia's Communist Party, the country's second-largest political party, is alleging widespread violations in the election for a new national parliament in which his party is widely expected to gain seats.

In the city of Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East.

Facing pressure from the Kremlin, Apple and Google removed an opposition-created smartphone app that tells voters which candidates are likely to defeat those backed by Russian authorities.

Russia has begun three days of voting for a new parliament that is unlikely to change the country’s political complexion.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his embattled allies won't be running in the Sept. 19 parliamentary election, but they still hope to challenge the ruling United Russia party with their strategy known as Smart Voting.

In the months before Sunday's parliamentary election in Russia, authorities unleashed an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition, making sure the best-known and loudest Kremlin critics didn’t run.

A prominent lawyer who represented both a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has left Russia after authorities launched a criminal probe against him.

Russian authorities have blocked access to a website affiliated with imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny that advises voters on how to undermine the dominant pro-Kremlin party in this month's parliamentary election.

Russia’s state communications watchdog has warned Apple and Google that they could face fines if they fail to remove an app created by allies of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from their stores.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that the Kremlin’s United Russia party will continue its dominance in parliament after the September election.

Russian police have detained several journalists who protested authorities’ decision to label a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent.”.

Russian authorities have designated a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent,” intensifying pressure on critical media ahead of next month’s parliamentary election.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has marked the anniversary of a poisoning attack against him by urging global leaders to focus on combating corruption and to target tycoons close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reaffirmed their sharply different views of Moscow’s treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Russian authorities have levied new criminal charges against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Russian authorities have opened a new criminal case against the two closest allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

A court in Moscow has sentenced a close ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 1 1/2 years of parole-like restrictions.

The United States has laid off nearly 200 local staff working for its diplomatic missions in Russia ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline set by the Kremlin for their dismissal.

Police in Russia have raided the home of the chief editor of an investigative news site that was recently designated as a “foreign agent.”.

Russian authorities have restricted access to the website of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

A rights group in Russia is shutting down, citing a fear that its members and supporters would be prosecuted after the Russian authorities blocked the group's website for allegedly publishing content from an “undesirable” organization.

Russian authorities have declared the publisher of an investigative media outlet an “undesirable” organization and listed its journalists as “foreign agents."

European Union countries bordering Russia have rejected a Franco-German plan to resume official meetings with President Vladimir Putin.

Lisbon's mayor says the city council in Portugal's capital has for years provided foreign embassies with personal information about protesters who organize demonstrations outside their premises.

Republicans are criticizing President Joe Biden, accusing him of being weak on Russia after his summit with Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the outcome of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and called him an astute negotiator.

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than three hours discussing issues Wednesday at their summit in Geneva.

What will happen in Geneva when President Joe Biden meets Russia's Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office isn't yet clear.

President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have exchanged cordial words and plotted out modest next steps on arms control and diplomacy.

A few dozen supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny have staged a colorful, cheeky rally in Geneva in the hope of sending a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden.

Fresh from supportive summits with allies, Joe Biden is declaring himself ready to take on Russia’s Vladimir Putin in far more confrontational talks.

Russian authorities have ordered Facebook and messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content.

A Moscow court has outlawed the organizations founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by labeling them extremist, the latest move in a campaign to silence dissent and bar Kremlin critics from running for parliament in September.

President Joe Biden has opened his first overseas trip of his term with a declaration that “the United States is back.”.

The daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has made a rare public appearance to accept a human rights award on his behalf.

Russia has targeted nine Canadian officials with sanctions in retaliation to Canada’s restrictions against Russian officials accused of involvement in the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

A Russian court has sent a prominent opposition activist to jail pending a criminal probe as authorities continue to crack down on dissent ahead of the country’s September parliamentary election.

Russian authorities are cracking down on dissent before a crucial parliamentary election in what a leading Kremlin critic has described as an attempt to sideline opponents.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has asked a court to halt the hourly nighttime checks he has been subjected to in his penal colony.

The lower house of Russian parliament has endorsed a bill that keeps people affiliated with groups considered extremist from running in elections, part of authorities’ efforts to sideline associates of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Russian lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill that bars members of groups designated as extremist from running for public office.

President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet next month in Geneva.

The White House and the Kremlin are working to arrange a summit between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland in June.

Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will discuss “necessary common ground” with the U.S. on relations with Russia after President Joe Biden opted not to punish the company overseeing a Russia-Germany pipeline project that Washington opposes.

Top diplomats from the United States and Russia have sparred firmly but politely in Iceland in their first face-to-face encounter.

Russian authorities on Monday said they decided not to block Twitter after the social media platform deleted most of the banned content identified by Moscow and expressed “readiness and interest in building a constructive dialogue.”.

The top diplomats from the United States, China and Russia are urging strengthened global cooperation, recognizing the need to tackle growing global challenges and an unprecedented pandemic.

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations have gathered for their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years.

The European Union has summoned Russia’s ambassador after Moscow blacklisted eight EU officials.

Russia has blacklisted eight officials from the European Union in retaliation for EU sanctions over the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe against a lawyer representing a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

A top ally of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says the network of the politicians' offices in Russia is being closed as authorities seek to have it and Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption outlawed as extremist groups.

A Moscow court has ruled to restrict the activities of an organization founded by imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, pending a decision on whether it should be outlawed as an extremist group.

Russian authorities have ordered the offices of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to halt their activities pending a court ruling on whether to outlaw them as an extremist group.

President Joe Biden is rounding out his first 100 days in office, and focusing on reining in the coronavirus seems to have paid off.

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says in an emotional message from behind bars that he felt “pride and hope” after learning from his lawyer about the mass protests demanding his freedom that swept Russia on Wednesday.