Tightly controlled vote denounced as a sham by western capitals and Kyiv, but praised by China
Vladimir Putin
Russia president unleashed country’s harshest crackdown on opposition and free speech since Soviet times.
Vladimir Putin wins election gaining six more years of power
The elections were tightly controlled and closed to all genuine opposition challengers
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison last month, had endorsed the plan to protest
Russian defence ministry reports downing 35 Ukrainian drones overnight, including four in Moscow region
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow calls for ‘noon against Putin’ protest
Tightly choreographed event designed to give Vladimir Putin at least six more years in power
Incursion by three armed groups timed to disrupt presidential elections
Volkov (43) briefly hospitalised after incident and vows to continue fighting against Putin
Anti-Kremlin militias say they will disrupt Russian election as Putin warns of nuclear readiness
Moscow says attacks repelled and many gunmen killed days before presidential election
Unthinkable: Killing of the Russian opposition leader shames all of us who merely ‘fornicate and read the papers’
Russia says negotiations impossible unless Kyiv accepts occupation of territory and other conditions that would limit sovereignty
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