Alexei Navalny Archives - Euromaidan Press

Yulia Navalnaya, a wife of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is accepting the Oscars award in 2023 instead of her husband for a documentary film "Navalny" about the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with "Novichok", his treatment and return to Russia, where he was detained.

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Analysis

Ukraine calls to reject “good” Russians framework— it omits broader imperialism issue

While the West loops in the trap that splits support for Kyiv, Ukraine reveals why this cycle helps Putin by design — burying the only real path to Moscow's democracy.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russian opposition finally says Crimea is Ukraine’s, Kasparov says

The end of an empire begins with a military defeat. The Russian empire will be no exception Since…

byMatt Wickham

Russian national minorities, gathered for a Forum of Free Nations in Prague, predicted Russia would fall apart into 34 entities. Photo: Forum of Free Nations/ Telegram

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Opinion

No reason for Russia to disintegrate either under Putin or after him, Navalny movement leader says

The Navalny ally makes that argument about the fate of the Russian Federation on a YouTube video…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny currently imprisoned by the Putin regime is seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing in June, 2021. (Photo: TASS)

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Kremlin’s panic over “smart voting” ends any prospect election will be viewed as legitimate, Pastukhov says

The Kremlin recognizes this, the London-based Russian analyst says; and that explains why its reaction has not been…

byPaul A. Goble

Alexei Navalny in prison, 2021 (Photo: www.instagram.com/navalny)

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Russia

The Russian elections and hidden regionalist politics

The 20-year-old ban on regional-level political parties, put in place when President Vladimir Putin came to power in…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Salisbury all over again: novichok in trends of Russian propaganda

In a striking case of déja vu, pro-Kremlin media is seeking to muddy the waters surrounding the suspected…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

Kseniya Sobchak's first press conference after her announcement to run against Vladimir Putin in 2018 presidential elections. October 24, 2017 (Image: Youtube video capture)

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Sobchak’s statement on Crimea has profound consequences for the future, Portnikov says

Kseniya Sobchak’s statement that Crimea is Ukrainian under international law may not matter too much in the short…

byPaul A. Goble

Left: Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), a Russian FSB colonel who participated in the Russian annexation of Crimea and played a key role in the initial phases of the Russian aggression in the Donbas, but has since returned to Russia. He is charged by Ukrainian authorities with terrorism and sanctioned by the European Union. Right: Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician, who has gained prominence as a critic of Russian government corruption. (Image: sputnikipogrom.com)

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For the chekists, Navalny is the Yeltsin of 1987, Portnikov says

Many have forgotten that in May 1987, Boris Yeltsin, then head of the Moscow city committee of the…

byPaul A. Goble

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Pastukhov: Any successor to Putin likely to be a dictator

The current attacks on Alexei Navalny that suggest he will become a dictator if he manages somehow to…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian protests June 12, 2017 (Image: social media)

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Three views on the consequence of this week’s demonstrations in Russia

The anti-corruption demonstrations in Russia this week – for an interactive map on locations, numbers and arrests, see…

byPaul A. Goble

June 12, 2017 anti-government corruption protests in St. Petersburg, Russia (Image: Yevgeny Yegorov / vedomosti.ru)

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Russian protest spreads to more than 150 cities

Given the Moscow-centric nature of Russian government and opposition attitudes and of Western coverage, it was no surprise…

byPaul A. Goble

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War in Donbas

Ukrainians welcome visa-free travel to EU amid escalation of hostilities in Donbas

"Farewell, farewell, unwashed Russia" On June 10, during the ceremony of the visa-free regime introduction between Ukraine and…

byYuri Zoria

Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition figure, with his staff after he has been attacked with a chemical mixture containing "brilliant green", a strong alcohol-based die used as an antiseptic, for the second time this year. The politician lost 80% of vision in his right eye as of April 30, 2017. (Image: @navalny)

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By focusing on corruption alone, Russian opposition unwittingly helping Kremlin, Pavlova says

Alexei Navalny and the liberals who support him have focused almost exclusively on the issue of corruption, a…

byPaul A. Goble

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Why aren’t Russians protesting against Putin?

If Russians really want change, they should first focus on the authoritarianism of Putin. Corruption is only a…

byVitaly Portnikov