Skand Tayal | US-Russia ties, already rocky, get worse after Navalny jailing

Biden administration needs a pragmatic foreign policy, overcome its prejudices and arrest the slide of US-Russia ties on this slippery slope

AA Edit | Putin bares his fangs

In two decades of Putin's rule, whatever little resistance was there from critics had been ironed out with brutal state repression tactics

During Tuesday's hearing Navalny said the case was meant 'to intimidate a huge number of people'

Kremlin critics say authorities are dramatically ramping up pressure on the opposition in an effort to intimidate protesters

The mandate, with 76.67 per cent of those voting for him, would be taken as overwhelming endorsement of Mr Putin’s policies.