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October 6, 2022
Moscow has opened a case against Vladimir Kara-Murza over a speech in which he accused Russia of bombing Ukrainian homes, schools and hospitals. Kara-Murza was arrested in April.
June 1, 2021
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who spent a decade in prison in Russia on charges widely seen as political revenge for challenging President Vladimir Putin’s rule, said the latest moves against opposition activists reflected the authorities’ concern about the waning popularity of the main Kremlin-directed party, United Russia.
June 1, 2021
AP Interview: Kremlin cracking down on dissent before vote HARRIET MORRIS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press June 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11FILE - In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 file photo, Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former owner of the Yukos Oil Company, poses for a photograph after being interviewed by The Associated Press in London. Russian authorities are ramping up their pressure on dissent ahead of the countrys parliamentary election...
June 1, 2021
A Kremlin critic is accusing Moscow of “trying to sanitize” political opposition before voters head to the polls for a parliamentary election in September.