Navalny's Game

19.06.2013 14:07

Aleksei Navalny is on the ropes. But he is also on a roll.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: The Power Vertical , Blogs , Picks , Russia

Russian Activist's Defense Witnesses Not Allowed To Testify In Court

18.06.2013 14:07

All 13 defense witnesses of Russian anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny have been barred from testifying at his embezzlement trial in the city of Kirov.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: Russia , News

Navalny, Two Others File Forms To Run For Moscow Mayor

15.06.2013 13:49

Three more people hoping to run in Moscow's September mayoral election have filed their registration forms with election officials.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: Russia , News

Navalny Named As Candidate For Moscow Mayor

14.06.2013 19:25

Russia's Parnas party has forwarded anticorruption blogger and opposition figure Aleksei Navalny as its candidate for Moscow mayor.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: Russia , News

Russian Economist Guriyev: 'I Fled Because I Don't Want To Sit In Jail'

05.06.2013 09:18

Prominent Russian economist Sergei Guriyev says he will not return to Russia after fleeing amid growing pressure from investigators. Guriyev, who has criticized President Vladimir Putin's policies, fears he could face prison as part of a new criminal investigation linked to jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny , Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Zones: Russia , Features , Must Reads , Picks

Authors: VOA's Danila Galperovich , RFE/RL's Claire Bigg

Podcast: Digital-Age Show Trials

26.04.2013 15:30

From Pussy Riot to the Bolotnaya protesters to Aleksei Navalny, sensational trials with clear political overtones are the trend of the moment in Russia.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny , Bolotnaya case , Power Vertical podcast , Pussy Riot , show trials

Zones: The Power Vertical , Blogs , Picks , Russia

Navalny's Request For Further Trial Delay Rejected

23.04.2013 10:08

A court in Russia's Kirov Oblast has rejected a request from anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny for a further delay in his trial.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: Russia , From Our Bureaus , News

Authors: RFE/RL's Russian Service

RFE/RL's Russia Report: What It's Like To Be Russia's Enemy

19.04.2013 19:20

From Magnitsky to Navalny, and from opponents sequestered today in psychiatric wards to villagers long ago slaughtered and starved, being on the outs with Ruling Russia is risky business. RFE/RL reports.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny , corruption , dissent , Ivan Urgant , magnitsky , rfe/rl , Russia , Ukraine

Zones: Newsroom Highlights

Russian Opposition Leader's Trial Adjourned In Kirov

17.04.2013 06:54

The embezzlement trial of Russian opposition campaigner and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny was adjourned for a week shortly after it began on April 17 in the northern city of Kirov.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: Russia , News , Picks

Authors: RFE/RL

The Trial Of The Decade

16.04.2013 14:33

The case against Aleksei Navalny isn't the trial of the century. But it may turn out to be the trial of the decade.

Tags: Aleksei Navalny

Zones: The Power Vertical , Blogs , Russia