Lyudmila Putin

Alexei Navalny's mother Lyudmila on Thursday accused Russian investigators of planning a "secret" funeral for her son and said she would not agree to it.

A court in the Russian Far North will next month hear a case brought by the mother of dead opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been prevented from seeing his body, his allies said Wednesday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's mother Lyudmila on Tuesday urged President Vladimir Putin to release her son's body immediately following his death five days ago in an Arctic jail.

Along with Vladimir Putin's daughters, the US has also sanctioned family of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and country's ex-PM Medvedev.

Lyudmila Putin was the wife of Vladimir Putin for three decades. They met in Leningrad, married in 1983 and moved to East Germany, where her husband was a KGB spy.

The Kremlin on Tuesday refused to comment on a report that Vladimir Putin's ex-wife has remarried, as state media speculated it could pave the way for the president himself to wed again.

A Russian freelance journalist who claims she went undercover as a pro-government Internet troll says she is suing her former employer in a bid to expose the workings of the Kremlin's online army.

Lyudmila Savchuk says it was money that wooed her into the ranks of the Kremlin's online army, where she bombarded website comment pages with eulogies of President Vladimir Putin, while mocking his adversaries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, famously reticent about his private life, broke silence Sunday on the whereabouts of his two daughters, whose lives are a highly kept secret.

The Kremlin on Wednesday rubbished rumours that President Vladimir Putin had remarried in a monastery with a former Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold medallist, saying the talk had "nothing in common with reality".

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, said on state television on Thursday that they had separated and their marriage was over after 20 years.

Vladimir Putin's wife Monday made a rare joint appearance with her husband as she became the new Russian First Lady, watching his inauguration and then standing by his side at a Kremlin prayer service.

Alexei Navalny's mother Lyudmila on Thursday accused Russian investigators of planning a "secret" funeral for her son and said she would not agree to it.

A court in the Russian Far North will next month hear a case brought by the mother of dead opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been prevented from seeing his body, his allies said Wednesday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's mother Lyudmila on Tuesday urged President Vladimir Putin to release her son's body immediately following his death five days ago in an Arctic jail.

Along with Vladimir Putin's daughters, the US has also sanctioned family of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and country's ex-PM Medvedev.

Lyudmila Putin was the wife of Vladimir Putin for three decades. They met in Leningrad, married in 1983 and moved to East Germany, where her husband was a KGB spy.

The Kremlin on Tuesday refused to comment on a report that Vladimir Putin's ex-wife has remarried, as state media speculated it could pave the way for the president himself to wed again.

A Russian freelance journalist who claims she went undercover as a pro-government Internet troll says she is suing her former employer in a bid to expose the workings of the Kremlin's online army.

Lyudmila Savchuk says it was money that wooed her into the ranks of the Kremlin's online army, where she bombarded website comment pages with eulogies of President Vladimir Putin, while mocking his adversaries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, famously reticent about his private life, broke silence Sunday on the whereabouts of his two daughters, whose lives are a highly kept secret.

The Kremlin on Wednesday rubbished rumours that President Vladimir Putin had remarried in a monastery with a former Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold medallist, saying the talk had "nothing in common with reality".

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, said on state television on Thursday that they had separated and their marriage was over after 20 years.

Vladimir Putin's wife Monday made a rare joint appearance with her husband as she became the new Russian First Lady, watching his inauguration and then standing by his side at a Kremlin prayer service.