Although it should come as little surprise after recent events, prominent Russian opposition candidate hacked

A Russian opposition candidate for parliament has had his social media accounts and email hacked, Russian news website Meduza has reported. Konstantin Yankauskas, who is running for the opposition movement Parnas, told the site on Thursday that his Gmail account, Telegram messenger, Facebook page, VKontakte page and Twitter account had all been compromised. His wife’s email…

At 36 years old, Dmitry Gudkov has unwittingly become the sole flag bearer of the Russian opposition in parliament. After a successful stint in Russia’s national youth basketball team, he took an interest in politics and was elected alongside his father Gennady as part of the establishment A Just Russia party in 2011. Half a decade…