ALEXEI NAVALNY

The reporter, Evan Gershkovich, has been held in Russia for more than a year in what the U.S. government has deemed a wrongful detention.

Kara-Murza courageously wrote incisive, historically informed columns about Russia from his prison cell.

In Putin’s bid to recast Russia as a global superpower, he champions a society built on pro-war activism, puritanical values and scaled-back social rights.

The increasing use of anti-extremism laws to prosecute reporters is likely to have a chilling effect on the few independent journalists still operating in Russia.

We promised to go back to Russia, but we’re in danger if we do.

Navalny spent some 300 days in solitary confinement. I spent nearly twice as many. Books were my freedom.

Foreign policy experts and some Republicans warned that pressuring Ukraine to cede land would reward Putin.

Dmitry Muratov won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize as editor of Russia’s last truly free newspaper. He remains in Moscow, outspoken, forthright and free — for now.

In an election widely denounced as neither free nor fair, the longtime Russia leader claimed victory by margins virtually unimaginable in any democracy.

The V-Dem Institute’s new global Democracy Report found that over half the 60 countries holding national elections this year are experiencing democratic decline.

Russians formed queues outside polling stations at noon Sunday to protest an election with only one possible outcome: Vladimir Putin’s victory, which preliminary results showed to be a landslide.

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, attended an anti-Putin election protest in Berlin on Sunday along with other top Russian opposition leaders.

Some voters set fire to polling stations while others spoiled their ballots as President Vladimir Putin was guaranteed to clinch a fifth term against token opponents approved by the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin is guaranteed to win reelection in Russia. But for the Kremlin, high turnout and a landslide victory remain important.

Rumors about Putin’s health reflect a fact: Unless something significant changes in Russia, Putin will die in office.

Around the world, thousands of political prisoners face conditions of isolation and deprivation. They are the other Navalnys.

To defeat the Russian president, or at least seriously punish him, one must realize who he is.

Leonid Volkov, former chief of staff of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, was attacked with a hammer outside his home on Tuesday.