A crowd of up to 800,000 turns out for a state election rally by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he sought to unseat one of his fiercest critics in a campaign hit by violence (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The White House announces that it's imposing sanctions on seven senior members of the Russian government after US intelligence concluded that Moscow orchestrated the near fatal poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (Footage...

Police in Moscow detaining protesters outside a court in the Russian capital that is due to decide whether Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny should face prison time (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Police detained dozens of people outside a Moscow courthouse, where a judge will decide if the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny should be sent to prison for violating the terms of a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence...

Two of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's closest associates call for sanctions against President Vladimir Putin's closest allies as foreign ministers prepared to target those behind Russia's crackdown (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country in January and February after the imprisonment of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny, in a protest movement unprecedented in scale (Footage by...

Tens of thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country in January and February after the imprisonment of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Russians in St Petersburg switch on the torches on their smartphones during a flashmob organized in support of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Russianstake to the streets with lit-up smartphones to show their support for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Police in Moscow detain people outside a court in the Russian capital that was due to decide whether Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny should face prison time (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

FILE IMAGES of Navalny's team offices in Moscow and of a police raid with Alexei Navalny at the office as Russian prosecutors asked a Moscow court to designate the network of regional offices of the jailed Kremlin critic and his...

Police detain more than 4,800 people across Russia and blocked off the centre of Moscow in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Police detain more than 4,800 people across Russia and block off the centre of Moscow Sunday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reads a statement from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemning the Russian court's jail sentence of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and demanding his release: "We reiterate our call for the...

Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya calls on Russian leadership to "listen to the people" after nationwide protests following the jailing of Kremlin critic and opposition activist Alexei Navalny (Footage by AFPTV via...

Anastasia Vasilyeva, Alexei Navalny's personal doctor, is detained outside the penal colony where the Kremlin critic is being held after demanding access to see him (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Alexei Navalny's doctor Anastasia Vasilyeva arrives at a Pokrov prison where the Kremlin critic is detained and on hunger strike (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

China slams "unethical" critics as it faced mounting pressure over origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, after the World Health Organization chief revived the theory that the coronavirus may have leaked from a Chinese lab (Footage by AFPTV...

Russian lawyer Ilya Novikov explains what he believes are the reasons behind the "extremism" case against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, as Moscow seeks to outlaw the opposition to President Vladimir Putin...

A Russian court is set to hear an "extremism" case against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as Moscow seeks to outlaw the opposition to President Vladimir Putin (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Images of pro-Navalny protests in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, as supporters of the Kremlin critic attempt to steal President Vladimir Putin's thunder with a series of mass protests starting from 7 pm in cities across the country...

Thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny take to the streets in Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny take to the streets in the in the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny take to the streets of Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)