White House promises ‘major sanctions’ on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny’s death

The light Navalny left to Russia

His example, more than his leadership, inspires many Russians to not let fear take over their role in democratic change.

'The freest person in Russia': Natan Sharansky on his letters with Alexei Navalny

Editor’s note: The KGB, referred to throughout, is now known as the FSB. Natan Sharansky — the Russian-Israeli refusenik, author and human rights activist who was imprisoned by the former Soviet Union from 1977 to 1986 — is what you might think of as an elder statesman of the gulag. He withstood deprivation, torture and 400 days in solitary confinement, including a 110 day-long hunger strike. Upon his release, he made aliyah and has had a long c…

(Opinion) Other Voices: Navalny’s death is a tragic reminder of democracy’s value

At 47 years old, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had spent more than a decade relentlessly fighting corruption in Russia before he died on Friday while serving a politically-motivated 19-year sentence at a penal colony. President Joe Biden is correct to blame Navalny’s death on Vladimir Putin. That Putin didn’t personally push Navalny out of a window or slip him poison doesn’t matter, dead is still dead as the dictator engineers another…

Alexei Navalny mourners arrested and 'forced to sign up with Russian military'

Hundreds of people were detained by police after a wave of protests around Russia following opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in prison.

'I'm the priest detained on way to Navalny memorial - I want a free Russia'

Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko was detained in a crackdown on vigils for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (Picture: Emily Manley, Metro.co.uk/AFP/Getty A Russian priest who suffered a stroke after being detained as he went to hold a memorial for Alexei Navalny has openly praised the Kremlin critic’s ‘struggle for freedom’.  Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko was taken into custody as soon as he left his home in St Petersburg on Saturday during a nati…