Alexei Navalny

Arcs in the news about Alexei Navalny from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 62 stories · 825 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 13, 2023

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Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian prison and the findings he was poisoned

37 of 42 stories this year · gone quiet

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body · 92 articles, Feb 16Trump avoids condemning Russia for Navalny’s death · 15 articles, Feb 16VP Harris says reports of Alexei Navalny's death are another sign of Putin's brutality · 15 articles, Feb 16Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, dies in prison. He was 47 · 210 articles, Feb 16Tributes to Alexei Navalny, Putin's greatest foe, removed from Russian cities as police look on · 12 articles, Feb 17Over 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s fiercest foe · 49 articles, Feb 17Alexei Navalny’s mother finally shown son’s body — but was ‘threatened’ to agree to ‘secret burial’ · 28 articles, Feb 17Bono, U2 honor Alexey Navalny during Las Vegas concert · 7 articles, Feb 18Navalny's widow vows to continue his fight against the Kremlin and punish Putin for his death · 43 articles, Feb 19Trump compares own legal troubles with Navalny persecution · 13 articles, Feb 19Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny? · 9 articles, Feb 19UK sanctions six officials at Russian prison where Navalny died · 6 articles, Feb 20Body of Navalny has been handed over to his mother, aide says · 56 articles, Feb 20Alexei Navalny's mother files lawsuit with a Russian court demanding release of her son's body · 20 articles, Feb 21Biden meets with Alexei Navalny's family in San Francisco · 27 articles, Feb 22Navalny’s mother told to agree to secret funeral or have her son buried at penal colony, spokesperson says · 33 articles, Feb 22Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza urges Russians from court not to give up after Navalny's death - The Daily Reporter · 7 articles, Feb 22Widow of Navalny accuses Putin of mocking Christianity for refusing to return her husband's body · 12 articles, Feb 24A Navalny associate says he was about to be swapped for a Russian prisoner in Germany · 27 articles, Feb 26Navalny aide says the Russian opposition leader was close to being freed before his death · 6 articles, Feb 26Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday, his spokesperson says · 14 articles, Feb 28Putin foe Alexei Navalny is buried in Moscow as thousands attend under a heavy police presence · 101 articles, Feb 28Navalny's mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow · 14 articles, Mar 2UN rights chief urges end to 'repression' of independent voices in Russia after Navalny's death · 7 articles, Mar 4Navalny's widow calls on Russians to stage election day protests against Putin · 11 articles, Mar 6Ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny attacked in Lithuania · 29 articles, Mar 12With Navalny dead, his allies keep fighting to undermine Putin's grip on power · 11 articles, Mar 16Putin says he agreed to swap Alexei Navalny for prisoners held in the West · 24 articles, Mar 16Russian Court Rejects Lawsuit by Navalny's Mother Claiming Poor Medical Treatment by Prison · 5 articles, Mar 21In Vienna, 2 portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers · 6 articles, Mar 27Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22 · 12 articles, Apr 112 suspects detained in Poland after last month's attack on a Navalny ally in Lithuania · 11 articles, Apr 19A Russian Orthodox priest who took part in services for Navalny is suspended by the patriarch · 6 articles, Apr 24Vladimir Putin likely didn't order death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: US official · 38 articles, Apr 27Two Russian journalists jailed on 'extremism' charges for alleged work for Navalny group · 17 articles, Apr 28A Russian court orders arrest of opposition leader Navalny's widow, who lives abroad · 28 articles, Jul 94 Russian journalists accused of working for a Navalny group go on trial in Moscow - The Daily Reporter · 6 articles, Oct 2
The Russia-Ukraine war: sanctions on Russia and the fight over its frozen assets · Jan 16, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026

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Everything else11 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Alexei Navalny that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Feb 20Yulia Navalnaya’s Account on X Briefly Suspended7 articles · 7 independent sources
    5 left, 0 center, 2 right

Stories that name Alexei Navalny

  1. May 1New Russia sanctions target weapons development and countries assisting in sanctions evasion8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Apr 24Russian deputy defense minister detained on suspicion of bribery8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  3. Mar 17– 18Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era70 articles · 49 independent sources
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  4. Mar 17Russians crowd polling stations in apparent protest as Putin is set to extend his rule32 articles · 29 independent sources
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  5. Mar 14– 17Putin is poised to rule Russia for 6 more years after an election with no other real choices39 articles · 28 independent sources
    5 left, 8 center, 4 right
  6. Feb 23– 27Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case - Boston News, Weather, Sports65 articles · 53 independent sources
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  7. Feb 22Biden calls Putin a 'crazy SOB' and takes aim at Trump during fundraiser for 2024 election30 articles · 28 independent sources
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  8. Feb 21Donald Trump again compares his criminal indictments to imprisonment and death of Putin’s top rival5 articles · 5 independent sources
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  9. Feb 20– 21Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine is dead: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence21 articles · 19 independent sources
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  10. Feb 19– 22Yulia Navalnaya once avoided the limelight. Now she's Russia’s newest opposition leader24 articles · 17 independent sources
    5 left, 2 center, 1 right
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