Alexei Navalny
Looks like Putin’s nemesis will spend election season in jail
Navalny’s already been barred from running in the election following a corruption conviction he calls bogus, but this latest arrest could stop him from leading street protests against Putin during the election season.
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Parkland survivors confront lawmakers on gun control, local deputies to carry rifles at schools in Florida county, right-wing pundits angry after Twitter suspends thousands of bots, and more.
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Bruno Mars cleans up at Grammys, attack at Afghan military base kills at least 11, majority of millennials say US on "wrong track," and more.
GOP senators are getting some Russia sanction ideas from anti-Putin YouTube videos
Turns out Alexei Navalny's YouTube channel has some powerful viewers in Washington: Republican senators.
Putin’s archrival has weaponized YouTube and turned it against the Kremlin
Anti-Kremlin activists are using YouTube to spoil Putin’s reelection
Putin’s nemesis is out to prove the Russian election is a sham
Alexei Navalny says his strategy would be to organize a “voter strike” and demonstrate the election to be a farce.
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Trump said to mull firing special counsel, Russian activist gets 30 days in jail, Senate reaches bipartisan deal on Russia sanctions, and more.
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Attorneys general to sue President Trump over foreign payments, Puerto Rico opts for US statehood in disputed (non-binding) vote, Russian opposition leader detained ahead of Moscow rally, and more.
Russia Has Jailed the Kremlin's Most Prominent Critic for 15 days
Punishment for disobeying police orders during huge anti-government protests Sunday.
Russia Actually Acknowledges Anti-Corruption Protests After Detaining Opposition Leader
The protests were said to be the largest of their kind since the wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011 and 2012.