Russia has sentenced three lawyers of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison terms for transmitting his messages from prison to the outside world.

The United States on Friday condemned Russia's jailing of three members of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's legal team as a new effort by Moscow to stamp out dissent.

The United States has condemned the sentencing of three lawyers representing Alexei Navalny in Russia. The State Department claims Russia's actions aim to intimidate and suppress defense lawyers' ability to perform their duties,

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Russia's financial watchdog has rejected a request to remove late opposition leader Alexei Navalny from its list of "terrorists and extremists" even though he is dead ...

The German government on Friday condemned the jailing in Russia of three lawyers who had defended late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and called for their release.

Russia’s financial watchdog ... friends pay their last respects at the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow last March (AP) Ms Navalnaya herself is on the list, which ...

Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted by a court Friday as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.

Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were jailed on Friday in Russia. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptsen were jailed from 3 1/2 to five years. They were arrested on charges of involvement with extremist groups. The case was widely seen as a way to increase pressure on the opposition.

Russia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.

Lawyers who represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are sentenced in a Kremlin crackdown on dissent at levels unseen since Soviet times.