Russian Opposition

Protesters light candles on Friday in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague after the announcement that the Kremlin's most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, had died in an Arctic prison. Milan Kammermayer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A man holds a poster with a portrait of opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin on Friday. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony, Russia's prison agency said. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption

Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who is seeking to run in the March 17 presidential election, laughs during a meeting of the Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Thursday. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza attends a conference of Russia's leading rights group Memorial in Moscow in October. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, shown here at a 2019 rally in Moscow, says he plans to return to Russia. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to the media as a security officer guards an entrance of the Anti-Corruption Foundation office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday. The federal court bailiffs' service that conducted the Thursday raid later said he had not been detained. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny attends a protest in Moscow, Russia, on July 20. Pavel Golovkin/AP hide caption