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  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Global InsightHenry Foy
    Putin and Lukashenko’s ski fun shows cold shoulder to EU

    Moscow signals to Brussels president has weathered the storm and will stand by autocrats

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    EU pushes ahead with new Russia sanctions

    Action over Navalny falls short of demands from Moscow’s toughest critics but is welcomed by US

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Russia’s rubber-stamp courts play starring role in Kremlin crackdown

    Rush to prosecute supporters of Alexei Navalny highlights problems in judicial system

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    Alexei Navalny
    Moscow appeals court upholds jailing of Putin critic Navalny

    Judge reduces sentence slightly but ignores European Court of Human Rights ruling to release activist immediately

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Tony Barber
    Germany’s bridges to Russia split open Europe

    Outreach to Moscow risks ignoring the concerns of central and eastern EU countries

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    Russian crackdown brings pro-Navalny protests to halt

    Kremlin’s hardline response has targeted journalists as well as demonstrators

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    News in-depthEuropean Union
    Russia’s spat with EU puts relations into deep-freeze

    Kremlin stance is blow to European countries which favour outreach to Moscow

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Constanze Stelzenmüller
    EU support for Russian democracy is inadequate

    Josep Borrell’s sally was only Europe’s latest ill-fated response to Kremlin repression; this must change

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Tatiana Stanovaya
    Vladimir Putin’s Russia is destabilising itself from within

    The persecution of Alexei Navalny provides a focus for social discontent

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Alexei Navalny
    Russia to expel three EU diplomats as Navalny tensions grow

    EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell denies envoys took part in protest rallies

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin

    Why the Russian opposition leader returned to face his persecutors

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    US foreign policy
    US agrees to 5-year extension on nuclear arms treaty with Russia

    Deal comes even as Biden administration pledges to take harder line on Moscow

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    News in-depthAlexei Navalny
    ‘The only verdict allowed’: Navalny’s jailing is a watershed for Russia

    Opposition activist’s long sentence underscores Kremlin will not brook any dissent

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Alexei Navalny
    Russian activist Navalny sentenced to 3½ years in jail

    Case viewed by supporters as attempt to neutralise Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic

  • Sunday, 31 January, 2021
    Kremlin orders police to crack down on anti-Putin protests

    Thousands defy warnings and arrest to show support for imprisoned activist Alexei Navalny

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Alexei Navalny protests breathe new life into anti-Putin feeling

    Demonstrations across Russia sign citizens’ concerns run deeper than arrest of opposition leader

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    John Thornhill
    Alexei Navalny protests show the power of digital ‘samizdat’

    Russian dissident has exploited technology to mobilise public dissent

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Henry Foy
    McKinsey’s call for political neutrality only serves Vladimir Putin

    Moscow office’s attempt to ban staff from Alexei Navalny protests helps maintain the status quo

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    News in-depthAlexei Navalny
    New stance on Alexei Navalny points to Kremlin jitters

    Unprecedented public comments by Vladimir Putin and state TV hint at concern over opposition activist’s impact

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Nuclear proliferation
    Biden and Putin discuss nuclear arms treaty in first phone call

    White House says US president also raised Ukraine and Navalny with Russia’s leader

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Central African Republic
    Central African Republic troops beat back rebels with Russian help

    Moscow sees poverty-stricken country as a way to increase presence in region and boost global influence

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    West needs a strategy to oppose the jailing of Alexei Navalny

    The US and EU should work together to support democracy in Russia

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Spac mania, Russia protests, Zoom’s troubles in China

    Companies are raising money at a blistering pace, and Zoom’s warning for other groups in China

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Putin denies Navalny’s Black Sea palace claims

    President makes remarks in wake of protests across Russia in support of jailed opposition leader

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Gideon Rachman
    Alexei Navalny is a real threat to Vladimir Putin

    The fragility of the Russian regime is becoming clear

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