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Alexei Navalny is escorted out of a police station on 18 January

Navalny supporters plan protests over arrest

World • 2 hrs

Alexei Navalny being escorted out of a police station in Khimki, outside Moscow, on Monday

Moscow court delays Navalny war veteran libel trial

World • 20 Jan

Alexei Navalny: From poisoning to prison

News Lens • 18 Jan

Alexei Navalny was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport

Navalny urges Russians to 'take to the streets'

World • 18 Jan

Alexei Navalny was stopped at passport control in Moscow

Kremlin critic Navalny detained on arrival in Moscow

World • 17 Jan

Alexei Navalny fell violently ill during a flight from Siberia to Moscow in August

Navalny aims to return to Russia on Sunday

World • 13 Jan

Flowers left by locals for the men feared dead after their trawler capsized in Russia's Barents Sea

Russia in rescue effort for 17 fishermen feared drowned

World • 29 Dec 20

George Blake pictured in 1992

Cold war British double agent George Blake dies at 98

World • 26 Dec 20

Oleg Sokolov pleaded guilty to the murder

Russian professor jailed over girlfriend's murder

World • 25 Dec 20

Alexei Navalny claims a FSB agent took part in the plot to poison him

Russian police arrest Navalny ally after 'trick call'

World • 25 Dec 20

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his press conference today

Putin rejects reports Russia poisoned Navalny

World • 17 Dec 20

Four people escaped the blaze but 11 bodies were found by emergency services

11 killed in fire at nursing home in Russia

World • 15 Dec 20

People familiar with the hacking campaign said the US Department of Homeland Security had been breached

Suspected Russian hackers spied on global governments

Business • 14 Dec 20

A Russian medic administering a coronavirus vaccine to a man in Moscow today

Russia targets high-risk groups as vaccine centres open

World • 06 Dec 20

The USS John S McCain has been operating for several days in the Sea of Japan

Russia 'threatened to ram' US warship in its waters

World • 25 Nov 20

The Moderna deal will be formally approved by the EU executive tomorrow

EU agrees deal for 160 million doses of Moderna vaccine

Coronavirus • 24 Nov 20

Those who died consumed diluted hand sanitiser that they had purchased at a shop

Seven dead in Russia after drinking hand sanitiser

World • 23 Nov 20

A Rosneft petrol station in Russia

Rosneft posts net loss, hit by virus and weak rouble

Business • 13 Nov 20

Sergei Lavrov (R) pictured with Russian President Vladimir Putin

US election system archaic, says Russia

US Election 2020 • 12 Nov 20

Alexei Navalny has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is personally responsible for the poisoning

Russia claims Alexei Navalny had pancreatitis

World • 06 Nov 20

The killing took place in Moscow, Russia (stock image)

Russian 'sausage king' killed in sauna with a crossbow

World • 02 Nov 20

Edward Snowden was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret surveillance operation files

Snowden seeks Russian passport for sake of future son

World • 02 Nov 20

Assistant Attorney General John Demers making the announcement in Washington

US charges six Russian officers over cyberattacks

World • 19 Oct 20

MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down in the summer of 2014

Russia withdraws from talks over downing of MH17 plane

World • 15 Oct 20

The sanctions have hit several of Vladimir Putin's senior aides

EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya

World • 15 Oct 20

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