Top Putin critic elected leader of unregistered party

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 08:32

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced on Sunday he had been elected president of the unregistered Popular Alliance party.

Navalny returns to Moscow free man after suspension of term

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 15:14

Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny today returned to Moscow a free man after a court in the northern Kirov region turned his five-year penal colony sentence in a controversial fraud case into a suspended term.

Russian opposition leader Navalny freed, vows defiance

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 18:04

President Vladimir Putin`s chief political opponent walked free from a Russian court on Wednesday after it suspended his five-year sentence for theft, and said he could never be `hounded` out of political life.

Russian court gives Alexei Navalny suspended term on appeal

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 12:02

Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny avoided being sent to jail after a Russian court changed a five-year penal colony sentence against him in an embezzlement case into a suspended term.

Moscow court confirms election defeat for Navalny

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 21:44

A Moscow courthouse on Friday upheld the results of mayoral elections in which the Kremlin-backed incumbent narrowly avoided a run-off with opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russian news outlets reported.

Moscow court confirms election defeat for Navalny

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 21:44

A Moscow courthouse on Friday upheld the results of mayoral elections in which the Kremlin-backed incumbent narrowly avoided a run-off with opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russian news outlets reported.

Putin ally will pay dearly for Moscow poll win, says Navalny

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 00:54

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny vowed on Tuesday that he would make an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin pay dearly for beating him in Moscow polls.

Thousands gather in Moscow as opposition leader demands vote recount

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 10:47

Several thousand supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny rallied on Monday in central Moscow as he disputed the results of mayoral polls.

Putin ally wins Moscow mayor race with 51.3% votes: Official

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 13:06

Sobyanin won 51.32 percent of the vote and Navalny 27.27 percent, the Moscow election commission said, in a count based on 99.6 percent of polling stations reporting.

Putin foe Navalny vows to win Moscow mayor`s race

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 15:52

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin`s fiercest critic, has vowed to push ahead with a bid to become Moscow mayor.

Alexei Navalny vows to win Moscow elections

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 13:26

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who was released from jail, has reportedly declared that he will contest elections for Mocow mayor and win.