Russian court prepares way for new trial against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
Navalny has said that the new extremism charges which he rejected as “absurd” could keep him in prison for another 30 years
Russia cracks down on more rights groups and raids activists
On Thursday, a court in Moscow ordered to liquidate the Sova Center, a prominent non-governmental organization that monitors racism and xenophobia in Russia, as well as implementation of anti-extremism laws
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he may face life sentence
Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges, as authorities set the stage for a new trial against the Kremlin’s leading critic
Repression and war boost sales of Orwell’s ‘1984’ in Russia
Readers seek parallels and answers to the current situation in dystopian stories, self-help guides and classic works about armed conflict and authoritarianism by authors like Tolstoy and Thomas Mann
Alexey Navalny: ‘I have no doubt that Putin gave the order to poison me’
The Russian dissident, who was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok in August, discussed his recovery with EL PAÍS. He accuses Putin of the failed assassination and of allowing lethal substances to be made in secret labs. He also admits it is difficult to protect himself from another attack