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The war in Ukraine is very likely to be the defining event of Vladimir Putin's lengthy time as Russian leader

Putin - The Russian leader in six acts

Perhaps one of the best ways to try to understand the Vladimir Putin of 2022 is to look back at how he got here, writes Fiona Mitchell.

Analysis and Comment • 24 Aug 22

Just last month, Alexei Navalny lambasted President Putin via video link in a Russian court, casting him as a mad man who started a "stupid war" that was butchering the innocent people of both Ukraine and Russia

Russian opposition leader moved to undisclosed location

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred from the prison where he is serving an 11-and-a-half-year sentence to an undisclosed location, nearly two years since he was poisoned with what the West said was a nerve agent.

World • 14 Jun 22

The hearings started last week but Alexei Navalny was granted a week's postponement so he could have a family visit

Kremlin critic Navalny loses appeal over jail term

A Moscow court has thrown out jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemn as politically motivated.

World • 24 May 22

Alexei Navalny said the case was politically motivated

Russian court sentences Navalny to nine years in prison

A Russian court has sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine years in prison on fraud charges, in a ruling that will keep President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent out of active politics for years ahead.

World • 22 Mar 22

Alexei Navalny was jailed in February after returning to Russia from Germany

Investigators bring new charge against Alexei Navalny

Russian investigators on Wednesday charged jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a new crime that supporters fear could prolong his time behind bars.

World • 11 Aug 21

'We will not retreat from our goals and ideas' - Alexei Navalny

Navalny team vows to fight on after 'extremism' ruling

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption group has vowed to fight on after a court branded it an "extremist" organisation and ordered its closure.

World • 10 Jun 21

Andrei Pivovarov said the flight was preparing for take off when he was arrested

Kremlin critic pulled off Warsaw-bound flight

A prominent Kremlin critic is facing a criminal investigation in Russia after being pulled off a Warsaw-bound flight as police searched the homes of several government opponents.

World • 01 Jun 21

Alexei Navalny made his first video appearance in court since ending a hunger strike appearing gaunt in a prison uniform and with a short haircut

Navalny network disbands ahead of 'extremism' ruling

A key aide to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said his organisation was disbanding its national network ahead of a court ruling expected to declare it an extremist organisation.

World • 29 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny is serving a jail term for fraud charges

Court suspension of Navalny campaign network condemned

Germany has condemned an order by Russian prosecutors to suspend all activities by jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and its regional network.

World • 26 Apr 21

Navalny a dominant opposition figure, even from prison

He was once described by the Wall Street Journal as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most".

Analysis and Comment • 24 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny began his prison hunger strike on 31 March

Navalny to end prison hunger strike

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has said he would begin gradually ending a hunger strike.

World • 23 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny has been on hunger strike since 31 March

Alexei Navalny urged to end three-week hunger strike

Alexei Navalny's private doctors have urged him to call off his hunger strike as soon as possible after the jailed Kremlin critic began refusing food three weeks ago.

World • 22 Apr 21

Russian riot police officers detain men during opposition rally in St Petersburg last night

Over 1,700 detained at pro-Navalny rallies in Russia

More than 1,700 people have now been detained by police at rallies in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in dozens of cities across Russia, an independent monitor has reported.

World • 22 Apr 21

Thousands of protesters gathered in central Moscow to call for proper medical care for Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny

More than 1,000 Navalny supporters detained in Russia

More than 1,000 people have been detained at protests across Russia in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

World • 21 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny pictured during a court hearing in February

Doctors denied access to 'very weak' Navalny

Alexei Navalny's doctors have again been denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic, as lawyers for the hunger-striking opposition figure said he was "very weak" and demanded he be transferred to a civilian hospital.

World • 21 Apr 21

Concern has grown for the welfare of Alexei Navalny

Lawyer says Navalny transferred to prison hospital

A lawyer for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said he was now at a prison hospital at a penal colony in the town of Vladimir near Moscow, following a decision by authorities to transfer him earlier today.

World • 19 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny was arrested in January on returning to Russia after recovering from a near-fatal poisoning attack

EU 'concerned' over Navalny's health in penal colony

The EU has said it is "deeply concerned" about reports that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's health was failing in a Russian penal colony and called for his "immediate and unconditional release".

World • 18 Apr 21

Russia jailed Alexei Navalny for two-and-a-half years in February for parole violations he said were trumped up

Medics union raise concerns over Navalny's condition

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is at increasing risk of kidney failure and his vision is deteriorating after more than two weeks on hunger strike, a medical trade union with ties to the opposition politician has said.

World • 17 Apr 21

Russian prison threatens to force-feed Navalny

Russian prison officials are threatening to start force-feeding jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his team said, after he lost 8kg since starting a hunger strike.

World • 12 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny (pictured on his return to Moscow from Berlin in January) has gone on hunger strike

Russian prison service defends Alexei Navalny treatment

Russia's prison service has defended its treatment of Alexei Navalny, dismissing complaints by the hunger-striking Kremlin critic that he was not getting the medical care he needed in jail and was subjected to sleep deprivation.

World • 01 Apr 21

Alexei Navalny was jailed last month on his return from Germany

Navalny says 'everything fine' in message from jail

Jailed Russian government critic Alexei Navalny has told supporters that "everything is fine" in a first message from a detention centre outside Moscow.

World • 03 Mar 21

Kremlin-linked officials were hit with sanctions

Russia says US playing 'with fire' over sanctions

Russia has warned it would "rebuff aggression" after the United States hit Kremlin-linked officials with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

World • 03 Mar 21

US says Russia poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

US imposes sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning

The United States has imposed sanctions on seven senior Russians as it said its intelligence concluded that Moscow was behind the poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

World • 02 Mar 21

Alexei Navalny was jailed for almost three years after returning to Russia following treatment in Germany

EU sanctions to target Navalny arrest and Myanmar coup

EU foreign ministers are expected to approve sanctions against those behind Russia's crackdown on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his supporters, as well as those responsible for the coup in Myanmar.

World • 22 Feb 21

Navalny pictured in court early this month

Moscow court convicts Navalny in defamation case

A Moscow court today convicted top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny of defamation, just hours after another court upheld an order for him to serve more than two years in prison in another case.

World • 20 Feb 21