Moscow Protests

• Moscow jails jammed with detained Navalny protesters

  Detainees have recounted their miserable experiences as Moscow jails were overwhelmed following mass arrests from protests in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny this week.

  World

  Feb 5, 2021
  
• Thousands march in Moscow’s streets, demand free elections

  Chanting "Russia will be free!" and "This is our city!," up to 2,000 protesters marched through one of Moscow's thoroughfares.

  World

  Aug 31, 2019
  
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• Anger grows in Russia after officer punches female protester in the stomach

  Video shows the moment two helmeted riot policemen drag the woman, Daria Sosnovskaya, to a waiting police bus.

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  Aug 12, 2019
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• Russia’s media oversight agency complains YouTube helping to facilitate protests

  Russia’s media oversight agency said Sunday that it wanted Google to stop YouTube users from posting information about unsanctioned political protests or the Russian government would feel free to retaliate against the American company.

  World

  Aug 11, 2019
• Thousands of demonstrators demand free elections in Moscow’s biggest protest in years

  A month of demonstrations over elections for the Moscow city legislature have turned into the biggest sustained protest movement in Russia since 2011-2013, when protesters took to the streets against perceived electoral fraud.

  World

  Aug 10, 2019
• Vladimir Putin’s leadership in Russia spans two decades. Here are the highlights

  Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister on Aug. 9 1999 by then president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades.

  World

  Aug 9, 2019
• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny hospitalized after suffering allergic reaction

  Doctors at the hospital treating him have yet to publicly disclose their diagnosis and the precise cause of his symptoms remains unknown.

  World

  Jul 28, 2019
• More than 1,000 arrested in political protest in Moscow: monitor

  The dispute comes as the Kremlin is struggling with how to deal with strongly opposing views in its own sprawling capital of 12.6 million people.

  Politics

  Jul 27, 2019