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Involved from top to bottom and until recently, defending democracy meant voting, organizing, fighting corruption, building up civic institutions. now it means something else. ukrainians are fighting to save the people in the most literal sense. end quote. joining us now is natalia, a journalist in odesa. thank you for taking the time to be with us. odesa is an historic city, a beautiful city, a fabled city, and they are trying to close things up and protect them as much as they can, but when th...

Russia’s Investigative Committee said Alexei Navalny’s non-profit group encouraged Russians to break the law

Alexei Navalny and his supporters have decried the charges as politically motivated. He faces a 13-year prison sentence.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing a lengthy prison term on top of the one he is already serving in a trial Kremlin critics see as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent foe in prison for as long as possible

The trial has drawn widespread critics who say the charges are merely an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent foe in prison for as long as...

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing a lengthy prison term on top of the one he is already serving in a trial that Kremlin critics see as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin's most ardent foe in prison for as long as possible.

The opposition leader was convicted of fraud and contempt of court.

"We are now talking not only about Alexey's freedom, but also about his life," an aide to Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic said after the new sentence was handed down.

Jailed Russian opposition leader is handed additional years in prison on new embezzlement and contempt of court charges.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison on Tuesday.