Mourners told AP on Sunday that paying their respects to Navalny was an act of “protest” in present-day Russia where the government has only ramped up efforts to stifle free speech.

President Vladimir Putin's administration has been tightening crackdowns on dissent and curtailing freedom of speech after the death of Navalny. People believed to be linked to the interior ...

Vladimir Putin finally named his most prominent critic Alexei Navalny in a victory speech last night after clinching yet another term in power. Speaking for the first time since Navalny’s ...