Russia

As the UK races to inoculate its own population as fast as it can, Russia is delivering its Sputnik vaccine directly all over the world. 

We spoke to Mr Navalny’s chief of staff, Leonid Volkov, who’s currently in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, for his own safety.

A court in Moscow has ordered the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to serve two and a half years in prison after ruling that he had violated the terms of his probation. 

We spoke to Anton Troianovski –  Moscow correspondent for The New York Times. 

More than 4,000 people have been arrested during mass protests in towns and cities across Russia demanding the release of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In Russia, police have raided various offices of the detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and also the flat where his wife is staying. Mr Navalny returned to Moscow 10 days ago after recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent poisoning only to be arrested. An appeal against his imprisonment is due to be heard tomorrow.

We spoke to the Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, and started by asking him what he made of video released today, showing Vladimir Putin dunking himself in ice-cold water to mark the Russian Orthodox day of Epiphany – a ceremony that supposedly symbolises a person cleansing themself of sin.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has spent five months in Berlin recovering from a poisoning attack, has been detained by police after arriving back in Moscow in the last hour. The Kremlin critic risks being arrested but told hoards of reporters on board his flight that he was “an innocent person” and he was…

Investigative group Bellingcat has said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny tricked a Russian FSB state agent into revealing details of an attack on him with the nerve agent Novichok.

As congratulations to Joe Biden flooded in from around the world, there were exceptions – Russia, China and Turkey are yet to recognise the election result. From rejoining the Iran nuclear deal to dealing with nuclear-armed North Korea, the president-elect has his work cut out.

The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being treated in a hospital in Berlin – where he’s said to be in a stable condition.

Vladimir Kara-Murza is vice president of the Free Russia Foundation, an organisation opposed to Vladmir Putin’s government

Doctors in Russia have said the opposition leader Alexei Navalny can be flown to Germany for treatment.

We spoke to Bill Browder, an activist and businessman who has campaigned about Russian interference in international affairs.

Boris Johnson has denied that the Government “actively avoided” looking for evidence of Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum.