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Alexei Navalny fell ill on a plane to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk last Thursday

No serious threat to Navalny's life, says spokeswoman

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who remains in a medically induced coma after what his supporters suspect was a poisoning, is facing no serious threat to his life and his condition is improving, his spokeswoman said today.

World • 28 Aug 20

German doctors said tests indicate that Mr Navalny was poisoned

Russian police launch initial 'check' into Navalny case

Russia announced that it has launched a police "check" into opposition leader Alexei Navalny's illness and has asked German medics treating him to share his medical records.

World • 27 Aug 20

The Kremlin critic was rushed into intensive care on Thursday after he fell ill during a Moscow-bound flight

EU calls for 'independent' probe into Navalny case

The European Union's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell has called on the Russian authorities to launch an "independent and transparent investigation" into the apparent poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

World • 24 Aug 20

The plane carrying Mr Navalny landed in Berlin this morning

Russian critic evacuated to Germany for treatment

An ambulance aircraft carrying gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny landed at Berlin's Tegel airport this morning after he was evacuated from the Siberian city of Omsk and brought to Germany for treatment.

World • 22 Aug 20

Alexei Navalny's condition has 'stabilised'

Russian doctors agree to Navalny evacuation - hospital

Russian doctors have agreed to allow the medical evacuation of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a Siberian hospital at his relatives' request, the hospital's deputy chief doctor has said.

World • 21 Aug 20

Alexei Navalny has been repeatedly detained for organising public meetings and rallies

Alexei Navalny: A constant thorn in the Kremlin's side

As a leading anti-corruption campaigner, Mr Navalny was one of the first protest leaders arrested when demonstrations against Russian President Vladimir Putin took off in December 2011.

World • 20 Aug 20

Alexei Navalny fell ill while on a plane, which then made an emergency landing

Doctors 'working to save' Russian opposition politician

Doctors are working to save the life of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny after he was rushed to intensive care in Siberia suffering from what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning.

World • 20 Aug 20

Major losses for pro-Putin candidates in Moscow vote

Pro-Kremlin candidates have suffered major losses in a Moscow municipal election following an opposition-led strategic voting campaign, Russian news agencies have reported.

World • 09 Sep 19

President Putin voted at his usual polling station at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow

Russians go to polls in test for Putin allies

Russians have been voting in local elections that will test the popularity of President Vladimir Putin and his allies after a crackdown on opposition protests in Moscow.

World • 08 Sep 19

The 43-year-old was imprisoned for 30 days for planning opposition protests

Putin opponent Navalny freed after 30 days in jail

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been released after serving 30 days in jail for planning opposition protests, which have grown into a movement that has shaken Moscow since last month.

World • 23 Aug 19

Alexei Navalny was serving a 30-day sentence for calling a mass protest when he fell ill

Russian opposition leader discharged from hospital

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been discharged from a Moscow hospital where he was treated for an unexplained health problem and returned to prison under guard, his doctor has said.

World • 29 Jul 19

Russian police block a street during a protest rally in Saint Petersburg today

Russian police detain nearly 300 at pension protests

Thousands of supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny protested across Russia today against planned increases to the pension age, with a rights group saying at least 291 of them had been detained by the police.

World • 09 Sep 18

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was jailed today for a protest he organised on 28 January

Putin critic Navalny jailed over 'unsanctioned protest'

A Moscow court has given a 30-day jail sentence to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny over an unsanctioned protest earlier this year, just days before another planned political rally.

World • 27 Aug 18

Alexei Navalny's detention comes ahead of planned protests over pension reforms

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained outside his home in Moscow.

News • 25 Aug 18

Alexei Navalny has been banned from taking part in the 18 March vote because of a suspended prison sentence

Russia's top court blocks Navalny's bid for presidency

Russia's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a decision by the country's central election commission to bar him from taking part in next year's presidential election.

World • 30 Dec 17

Alexei Navalny urging Russians to boycott voting following his barring from the election

Russia election body rejects Navalny presidential bid

Russia's Central Election Commission has unanimously rejected major opposition figure Alexei Navalny's bid to run against President Vladimir Putin in the presidential election next year.

World • 25 Dec 17

Russian police officers detain a protester at the opposition rally in central Moscow

1,500 arrested in Russian anti-corruption protests

Police in Russia have arrested around 1,500 people at protests in Moscow and St Petersburg called by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been jailed for 30 days for organising the protests.

World • 12 Jun 17

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) was detained by Russian police officers during the opposition rally in central Moscow

Russian police detain opposition leader during protests

Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

News • 26 Mar 17