(Berlin, February 20, 2025) – Dozens of arrests on the first anniversary of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death ... include the white-blue-white flag used by anti-war protesters ...

Navalny made his name with rousing speeches at huge opposition rallies in Moscow in 2011-13. While Russia's opposition has never had an overall leader, he became its most prominent figure.

A lawyer by profession, Navalny pronounced Putin's United Russia a "party of crooks and thieves" and said he would fight to the end to see "the beautiful Russia of the future". Western leaders ...

The politician's lifeless body, sprawled beneath fairy lights in the colours of the Russian flag, marked the start of a dark new era. Opposition criminalised and exported Navalny did his best to ...