Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was apparently in good spirits ... saying he had grown a beard and was sporting a new sheepskin coat and fur hat. “Unfortunately, there are no reindeer ...

‘Why did you come back?’ The February death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a remote penal colony provoked emotional outpourings across his country and around the globe. There was grief ...

(Alexei Navalny YouTube Channel/Handout via Reuters) The mother of now-deceased Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is pleading with Russian president Vladimir Putin to let her see his body.