by Sarah Hurst Opposition activist and Moscow local legislator Ilya Yashin was detained today outside his home because he organised an unauthorised rally on Sunday. Yashin tweeted that he was taken away by five police officers. On arrival at the police station his phone was confiscated and later […]
by Sarah Hurst After attempting to create suspense by delaying his announcement, Vladimir Putin finally admitted today that he plans to participate in his own rigged presidential election on March 18. He did this at the GAZ automotive plant in Nizhny Novgorod, and was greeted by chants of […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny’s campaign chief, Leonid Volkov, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for trying to organise a rally in Nizhny Novgorod that was abandoned because Navalny himself was arrested on the day when it was due to be held. Volkov previously served 20 […]
Navalny vs. Putin 