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Alexie Navalny hopes to scupper Vladimir Putin's fourth term in office: All you need to know about anti-corruption activist

Anti-corruption activist Alexie Navalny is being considered the formidable foe Russia president Vladimir Putin may face in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled to take place in March 2018

Putin steps down as ruling party chief

Keen to protect his own ratings which are higher than that of a party discredited by claims its victory was achieved with the help of fraud, Putin proposed outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev as its new leader instead.

Russian billionaire is Putin's latest rival for presidency

The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, says he will run against him in March's presidential election.

Putin's fading appeal: Protesters chant 'Revolution'

Several thousand protesters took to the streets on Monday to demand an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule.