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Tech groups report legal threats and visit from armed men as Moscow demands app is removed from online stores
Spoiling tactics suggest lengths to which jittery Kremlin will go to keep hold on power
This retelling of the attempted assassination of Putin’s most vocal critic is full of black humour
Assets of officials linked to FSB security agency to be frozen following 2020 nerve agent attack on opposition activist
Tensions between party leaders and members intensify as parliamentary elections loom
Jailed opposition activist’s supporters banned from elections and threatened with prison
Network of bases set up to support prominent Putin critic impossible to operate ‘in their current form’
Independent news site designated ‘foreign agent’ as Russian government puts pressure on journalists
Aggressive intimidation tactics and court move suggest bid to silence opposition leader for good
Washington had vowed ‘consequences’ for Moscow if jailed Kremlin critic died
Supporters say jailed Kremlin critic’s life ‘hanging by a thread’ 3 weeks into hunger strike
Condition of jailed Russian opposition leader deteriorates amid Kremlin crackdown
Critic of Putin went on hunger strike last week in protest at detention conditions
Putin’s most prominent critic complains in a letter to his prison warden that he might lose his legs
Activist claims medical treatment withheld and sleep deprivation ‘torture’
After eras of prosperity and patriotism, Russia’s president is now ramping up repression to hold on to power
Move comes as Kremlin seeks to reduce social media influence on pro-Navalny protests
Co-ordinated measures come after jailing of prominent opposition politician
Action over Navalny falls short of demands from Moscow’s toughest critics but is welcomed by US
Rush to prosecute supporters of Alexei Navalny highlights problems in judicial system
Judge reduces sentence slightly but ignores European Court of Human Rights ruling to release activist immediately
Kremlin’s hardline response has targeted journalists as well as demonstrators
The persecution of Alexei Navalny provides a focus for social discontent
Living standards slide amid stagnant growth, weak investment and government austerity
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell denies envoys took part in protest rallies
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