LONDON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent was sentenced Friday to an additional 19 years behind bars on extremism charges. A Russian judge delivered the guilty verdict and ...

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FILE - Sergei Udaltsov, a political activist, stands behind glass in a cage in a courtroom prior to a session in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo ...

A minor resident of Moscow has been sentenced to five years in prison in a penal colony for transmitting information about a transport infrastructure facility in the Vladimir region to the Ukrainian ...

PARIS — Police in France detained four people suspected in a plot targeting exiled Russian rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, who exposes abuses in Russian prisons ...

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the ...