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Alexei Navalny wears a plaid shirt and looks a bit startled with his eyes widened at the camera.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s health warrants ‘justified, grave concern,’ says his adviser

Leaders

Vladimir Milov tells The World that after the third week of Navalny’s hunger strike in prison, “there is a grave danger to his health.”

Vladimir Putin walks between two rows of people clapping their hands and taking photos with their cell phones

20 years of Putin in power: A timeline

Conflict & Justice
Amid evidence of widespread fraud during Russia's 2011 parliamentary elections, thousands took to the streets to protest. The Kremlin has since learned its lesson, say analysts.

Putin’s Russia promises its fairest elections now that it’s largely dismantled the opposition

Global Politics
Supporters of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov continue to leave flowers on the bridge where he was shot down more than two weeks ago, within view of the Kremlin.

Growing doubts that Chechens are behind the Nemtsov assassination

Global Politics
Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, reacts during his funeral in Moscow on March 3, 2015.

‘I cannot keep silent,’ says Boris Nemtsov’s daughter

Justice
The body of Boris Nemtsov moves through long lines of mourners in Moscow.

Lines snake through Moscow as thousands mourn Boris Nemtsov

Global Politics

Russian dignitaries, including the widow of former President Boris Yeltsin, turned out on Tuesday to mourn murdered activist Boris Nemtsov. They were joined by many ordinary citizens, who seem to be ready for a larger movement in the wake of Nemtsov’s death.

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Let the conspiracy theories begin: Who killed Boris Nemtsov?

Global Politics

A Ukrainian model who saw Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov shot and killed on the night of February 27 is under 24-hour police protection in Russia.

If there are no gays, Mr. Mayor, why the gay bars?

Global Scan

The Winter Oylmpics are just days away and people are still considering how Russia’s social and political situation will influence the games. In Sochi, where the games are being held, the town’s mayor asserted that gay people are welcome at the games, provided they follow the country’s strict laws, but they won’t find any local gay people. That claim was quickly disproven. That story and more in today’s Global Scan.

Protesters question fairness of Putin’s electoral victory in Russia

Russians who stood united against Vladimir Putin awoke on Monday to their new political reality. Putin was re-elected. While thousands took to the streets to protest the election, they’re also realistic. Many are trying to answer the question, now what?

How Fair Was Russia’s Election?

Conflict & Justice

The World’s Laura Lynch checks back in with a group of volunteer election monitors in Moscow. They worked hard to try to ensure that polling in their precinct was free and fair, and they say they were successful, for the most part.