Not all opposition candidates in Moscow’s 2017 election relied on that project. But almost all adopted a new electoral strategy that involved running in teams.

His first Moscow Marathon consisted of running up and down the river four times and stopping for tea because the organization ran out of water. The course has since developed to expose most of the ...

Despite Putin’s grip on power, more than a thousand independent or opposition candidates will compete in Moscow’s municipal elections on September 10.

In his last YouTube video, 21-year-old student Yegor Zhukov said, "Russia will eventually be free. But we may not live to see it if we let fear win." He was arrested in Moscow on Aug. 1.