US sanctions four Russians allegedly involved in poisoning of Alexey Navalny Thursday, August 17 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. on Thursday sanctioned four Russians they say were involved in the 2020 poisoning of Alexey Navalny, the country's most well-known opposition leader.The Treasury Department said the four individuals were members of Russia's Federal Security Service, or the FSB -- the... Read More.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny braces for verdict in latest trial Friday, August 4 by ABC News(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent could be sentenced Friday to an additional two decades behind bars on extremism charges.A Russian judge is set to deliver a verdict in the closed-door trial against Alexey Navalny at a courtroom inside the maximum-security... Read More.
Prominent Putin critic Alexey Navalny sentenced to additional nine years Tuesday, March 22 by ABC News(LONDON) -- The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to an additional nine years, in a fresh trial roundly criticized by human rights organizations as politically motivated.Navalny is already imprisoned on a two-and-a-half-year sentence, incarcerated since he was immediately arrested on... Read More.