Jan 29 Moscow court mulls house arrest for Navalny's allies By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press A court is considering a request to put several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest as authorities work to stymie more protests over the anti-corruption investigator’s jailing. Continue reading
Jan 26 Russia, U.S. exchange documents to extend nuclear pact By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press A Kremlin readout of a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin said the two leaders voiced satisfaction with the exchange of diplomatic notes about extending the New START treaty. Continue reading
Jan 26 Biden, in first call with Putin, presses on Navalny, arms control treaty By Jonathan Lemire, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Biden has looked to establish a sharp break from the warm rhetoric often displayed toward Putin by his predecessor, Donald Trump. But the new president also looked to preserve room for diplomacy. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 1:54 Navalny's popularity spreading in Russia amid massive protests over his arrest By PBS NewsHour Tens of thousands of people in over a dozen Russian cities defied heavy police presence Saturday to protest the arrest of Alexei Navalny, a leading political opposition figure to Putin. Navalny’s poisoning, recovery, return to Russia, and his organization’s viral… Continue watching
Dec 17 Putin denies involvement in poisoning of Kremlin foe Navalny By Vladimir Isachenkov, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected allegations that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of his top political foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and accused U.S. intelligence agencies of fomenting the claims even as he held out hope for… Continue reading
Dec 02 Putin orders 'large-scale' COVID-19 vaccination in Russia By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “large-scale” COVID-19 immunization campaign to start by late next week. Putin said that doctors and teachers set to be first in line to get a Russian-designed vaccine named Sputnik V. Continue reading
Nov 14 Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan By Associated Press In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from houses that his neighbors had already torched before fleeing this… Continue reading
Nov 09 Putin won't congratulate Biden until legal challenges end By Associated Press Putin is one of a handful of world leaders who have not commented on Biden’s victory, which was called by major news organizations on Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 7:04 Why fighting between Armenia, Azerbaijan has regional implications By Simon Ostrovsky Fighting has broken out between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, over Nagorno Karabakh, an enclave of ethnic Armenians. Hundreds of lives have been lost since the violence started on September 27th, but with most of the world distracted… Continue watching
Oct 07 Russia reports successful test launch of hypersonic missile By Associated Press The missile successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea, Russian General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov said. Continue reading