Vladimir Putin

Internal repression -- more than 1,400 political prisoners -- extends outward, too, as dictator Alexander Lukashenka's threatens US and EU security with hybrid ops and nuclear…

The tactic adds to evidence of intent to kill civilians through targeted or indiscriminate attacks, including on aid workers and institutions.

Failure by the EU and the US to present a cohesive, compelling vision risks further entrenching the influence of China and Russia.

Human rights activists see Orban escalating repression of independent organizations and media, and they call on the US Congress to help.

His wife, Evgenia, calls on the global democratic community to stand with her husband and others fighting Putin's repression.

International law concepts at least partially formed in Lviv, Ukraine, now frame discussions about accountability in the Russia-Ukraine war today.

After Navalny's death, one of Putin's many political prisoners urgently needs the US to designate him as "unlawfully or wrongfully detained."

Viola Gienger recently interviewed Gleb Bogush, a Russian lawyer and expert on international criminal law who fled Russia in 2022.

The Russian leader regularly threatens to use nuclear weapons to intimidate the US. An effective counter would exploit his fears.

Russia, not Ukraine, should bear the costs of its unprovoked war. Russia’s gross illegality has unjustly enriched Russia, impoverished Ukraine, and imposed huge costs on their…

Lines to endorse an antiwar candidate for president and to lay flowers in memory of Navalny show courage and a desire for democracy.

The cause of a better Russia for which Navalny gave his life is neither a lost nor impossible cause.