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2024 was a year of triumphs and setbacks for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Here's how it unfoldedIn 2024, Putin consolidated his power in Russia amid significant challenges, including opposition defiance, turmoil from war impacts, and i...
US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and WhelanThe United States and Russia executed their major prisoner swap since the Soviet era, releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, a...
Behind the US-Russia prisoner deal: Spies, a killer, secret messages and unseen diplomacyOn June 25, CIA officers and Russian spies met to discuss a large-scale prisoner exchange, resulting in the release of Americans Evan Gersh...
Turkey Intelligence mediates in major East-West prisoner swapIn an extensive prisoner swap, 26 individuals from several countries, including the US, Russia, and Germany, were released. Notable figures...
Russia releases US journalist Evan Gershkovich and other Americans, dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swapThe United States and Russia completed their largest post-Soviet prisoner swap on Thursday, resulting in the release of journalist Evan Ger...
UK PM Starmer welcomes release of prisoners including Vladimir Kara-MurzaBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday welcomed the release of several prisoners from Russia, including dual Russian-British dissi...
UK rejects Russia election resultDavid Cameron criticizes Russian elections and Putin's regime, highlighting repression, political imprisonment, and Navalny's death. He cal...
The Russian opposition just lost its brightest star Alexei Navalny. What does it do now?Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian prison colony has left the opposition in a difficult position. With many key figures either dead, exile...
Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiledProminent critics of Putin, including Navalny, Nemtsov, Politkovskaya, Kara-Murza, Yashin, Chanysheva, Fadeyeva, Khodorkovsky, and Kassyano...
Prison 'catastrophe' for jailed Russian artist, warns motherThe mother of a Russian artist, Alexandra Skochilenko, who is currently facing the prospect of a decade-long prison term for her protest ag...
Russia fines Google for not deleting 'fake information' about Ukraine conflict: reportA host of sites are under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal.
Vladimir Putin prepares Russia for 'Forever War' as efforts to vilify the West continue"That Prigozhin rebelled was symptomatic of many social problems, but the way he advanced toward Moscow unhindered also demonstrated nervou...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces 20 more years behind barsNavalny has a huge following on social media, where he has posted videos exposing alleged corruption among Russia's elite and mobilised mas...
Inside the penal colonies: A glimpse at life for political prisoners swept up in Russia's crackdowns"Guess who is the champion of listening to Putin's speeches? Who listens to them for hours and falls asleep to them?" Navalny said recently...
Things in Russia aren't as bad as the bad old Soviet days. 'They're worse.'In light of what their country is inflicting on Ukraine, it is difficult to speak of Russians as victims. That, in fact, may be one major r...
Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemiesRussia's clampdown on freedom of speech and its opponents has escalated once again, with the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Ge...
Kara-Murza becomes latest Putin opponent to get long jail termKara-Murza, 41, was convicted by a Moscow court over a series of interviews and speeches last year in which he condemned Russia's leadershi...
Explainer: Who is Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza?Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on...
Russian opposition activist given 25-year prison sentenceVladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., a prominent opposition activist who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has been behind bars sinc...