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Vladimir Putin
January 19, 2021
Kremlin brushes off Western calls to release Navalny
The Kremlin on Tuesday brushed off calls from U.S. and European officials to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who ...
January 18, 2021
Kremlin critic Navalny arrested upon landing in Moscow
Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday.
January 14, 2021
Russia prison agency warns Navalny he faces immediate arrest
Russia's prison service said Thursday that top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny faces immediate arrest once he returns from ...
January 14, 2021
The Latest: Coronavirus cases surging in northeast China
BEIJING — China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast, and has reported its first death ...
January 13, 2021
Kremlin foe Navalny says he will fly home despite threats
Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he plans to go home to Russia next weekend despite the authorities' threats to put him ...
January 12, 2021
Russia's prison service seeks to jail Kremlin critic Navalny
Russia’s prison service has asked a Moscow court to put top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny behind bars for breaching the terms ...
January 11, 2021
Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders in Russia for talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hosted his counterparts from Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss reopening transport ...
January 06, 2021
Putin observes Christmas at 13th century island church
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended Orthodox Christmas services Wednesday at a small 13th century church on an island.
December 31, 2020
Putin wishes Russians brighter New Year, 'return to normal'
President Vladimir Putin wished Russians a brighter new year Thursday as he praised the nation for its courage and resilience ...
December 30, 2020
Russia slaps more UK nationals with entry bans over Navalny
Russia has decided to expand the number of British nationals barred from entering the country in response to the ...
December 29, 2020
Russian investigators open new fraud probe involving Navalny
Russian authorities on Tuesday ramped up the pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny by leveling new fraud accusations ...
December 29, 2020
Russian monk charged with inciting suicidal acts in sermons
Russian riot police stormed into a monastery Tuesday to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian ...
December 27, 2020
Top associate of Russia's Navalny released from detention
A top associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from detention Sunday and said she was charged with ...
December 26, 2020
British double agent George Blake dies in Russia at 98
George Blake, a former British intelligence officer who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union and passed some of the ...
December 23, 2020
Russia hands opposition politician 2-year suspended sentence
A Moscow judge on Wednesday convicted a local opposition politician of multiple protest violations and imposed a two-year ...
December 23, 2020
Moldova's pro-Russian prime minister resigns after protests
Moldova’s pro-Russian prime minister has resigned to, as he put it, pave the way for an early parliamentary election and ...
December 22, 2020
Russia hits more EU officials with entry bans over Navalny
Moscow is expanding the list of European officials barred from entering Russia in response to the European Union’s sanctions ...
December 22, 2020
Russian and Chinese bombers fly joint patrol over Pacific
Russian and Chinese bombers flew a joint patrol mission over the Western Pacific Tuesday in a show of increasingly close ...
December 21, 2020
Russia, AstraZeneca to test combination of COVID-19 shots
Developers of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V on Monday announced signing an agreement with AstraZeneca to test a ...
December 21, 2020
Navalny releases recording of call to his alleged poisoner
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday released a recording of a phone call he said he made to an alleged state ...