Early results show Putin winning some 87 percent of the vote, the highest-ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history. President Vladimir Putin is set to win a record post-Soviet landslide victory in Russia’s election, cementing his grip on power, despite a large number of opponents staging a noon protest at polling…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power in an election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents have staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. Supporters of Putin’s fiercest political foe Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic…
Since February 25, women with name tags and huge stacks of papers have been knocking on every door in the Russia-occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions or approaching residents outside their apartment buildings or houses. The documents are lists of voters, and the women and, rarely, men are election officials…
The Russian leader is running for a fifth term in the presidential election. Russians are heading to the polls to elect a president for the next six years. If Vladimir Putin wins, as is widely expected, it will be his fifth term in office. Critics describe him as a ruthless…
Ahead of weekend elections, Russian president boasts his country’s nuclear capabilities are superior to the West’s. President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia is “ready” to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood. In a recorded interview broadcast by Russian media on Wednesday, the Kremlin chief…
Thousands gathered to bid a final farewell to Alexey Navalny, many chanting his name and saying they will not forgive Russian authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest. Crowds of mourners turned up near a church in southern Moscow on Friday, waiting hours to pay…
Widow of the Russian opposition leader unsure whether his funeral will pass off peacefully after Russia blocked memorial service plans. The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will be held in Moscow on Friday, his family and spokesperson…
In an UpFront special, we discuss where the war in Ukraine currently stands and where it is heading. It’s been two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, causing mass destruction and a mounting civilian death toll. Even with support from the West, Ukraine is facing increased weapons…
Lyudmila Navalnaya says investigators are trying to set conditions on where, when and how the prominent Kremlin critic should be buried. The mother of Alexey Navalny has said Russian authorities are pressing her to bury the opposition leader’s body in “secret”. Speaking in a video message posted on YouTube on…
Cameron promises to hold those responsible accountable, as Navalny’s mother takes legal action to recover his body. The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on six officials overseeing the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny died. The sanctions, announced by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday, target…
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