Navalny Protests

• Canada needs to sanction Putin’s oligarchs, Navalny’s chief of staff says

  Leonid Volkov told members of a parliamentary committee that freezing the assets of Putin's friends would put pressure on the Russian president.

  World

  May 6, 2021
  
• Navalny allies show support on Valentine’s Day with candle-lit vigils in Russia

  Navalny was arrested last month on his return from Germany following treatment for poisoning with what many Western countries say was a nerve agent.

  World

  Feb 14, 2021
  
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• 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.

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  Feb 5, 2021
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• Russia drives out foreign diplomats over Navalny rally

  The announcement came as EU’s top diplomat told Russia’s foreign minister that the treatment of Navalny represents “a low point” in the relations between Brussels and Moscow.

  World

  Feb 5, 2021
• Alexei Navalny due back in court on slander charge days after prison sentence

  Navalny faces charges he slandered a World War Two veteran who backed last year's reforms that let Vladimir Putin run for two more terms in the Kremlin after 2024 if he wants.

  World

  Feb 4, 2021
• Navalny to serve 2.8 years in Russian prison, drawing international condemnation

  Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau said Canada was "appalled" by the decision to imprison Navalny.

  Politics

  Feb 2, 2021
• ‘We’re done’: Navalny draws younger protesters in Russia, signalling trouble for Putin

  Navalny was arrested returning to Moscow from Germany, where he had been recovering after being poisoned by a fatal military-grade nerve agent called Novichok.

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2021
• Biden presses Putin on Navalny, Russia’s involvement in alleged cyber-espionage

  Biden has looked to establish a sharp break from the warm rhetoric often displayed toward Putin by his predecessor, Donald Trump.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2021
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• U.S. criticism of Navalny’s arrest, protest support encourage law breaking: Russia

  Dmitry Peskov made the criticism on Sunday, a day after protests took place across the country demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

  Politics

  Jan 24, 2021