MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fulfill Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict. Putin‘s warning came in a state-of-the-nation address ahead of next month’s election he’s all […]
The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh […]
A veteran human rights campaigner who criticized the war in Ukraine was convicted Tuesday by a Moscow court of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian military and sentenced to 2½ years in prison. Oleg Orlov, 70, co-chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, had rejected the case against him as politically motivated, saying in […]
Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor break down the latest news on Russia’s anti-satellite weapons program and the resulting hysteria in DC. Reporter Guillaume Ptak speaks to Ben and Guy from the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war, while exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Rubin gives his take on Vladimir Putin’s state of mind. Plus, the “Threat […]
Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. “Alexei Navalny could have been sitting here now, today. It’s not a figure of speech,” Maria Pevchikh, a close associate who lives outside Russia, said in a video statement […]
Vadim Krasikov’s name has come up several times in recent weeks in relation to prisoner exchanges between Russia and Western countries. Here’s what to know. Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. That Russian prisoner was […]
At least half of the Western military aid meant for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders is slow to arrive, aggravating an already difficult shortage of artillery shells that is forcing frontline units to ration ammunition. The supply bottlenecks are putting Ukrainian lives and territory at risk, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rusem Umerov said Sunday […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday that it had dismissed the ROC‘s appeal against the suspension imposed in October. The IOC objected to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of eastern Ukraine, […]
President Biden met with Alexei Navalny’s wife and daughter in California on Thursday. He promised Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya, and their daughter, Dasha, that the United States will announce sanctions Friday. Biden has been yammering about the sanctions to be announced today all week. He doesn’t even make it sound as though he will be […]
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department plans to impose more than 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine on Friday as the U.S. vows to keep up its financial pressure on Moscow with the war entering its third grueling year. The sanctions represent the largest single tranche of penalties since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
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