Takeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power
To no oneโs surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times.
With the election behind him, Putin says Russia aims to set up a buffer zone inside Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country wonโt relent in its invasion of Ukraine and has announced plans for a buffer zone to protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids.
Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest
Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in a victory that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.
With Navalny dead, his allies keep fighting to undermine Putin's grip on power
When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly last month in an Arctic prison, his team was left with a monumental challenge: sustaining an opposition movement against President Vladimir Putin without the living example of their defiant and charismatic leader.
Ukrainians living under Russian occupation are coerced to vote for Putin
Ukrainians living in regions illegally annexed by Russia are being coerced to vote in the presidential election of their wartime occupier, Vladimir Putin, an exercise denounced by Ukraine as an illegitimate effort by Moscow to tighten control over its neighbor.
Ally of late Navalny accuses 'Putinโs henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up
Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalnyโs close associate and top strategist, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putinโs โhenchmenโ of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuaniaโs capital.
Putin is set to win 6 more years in power. Here's how it will affect the war and Russia's relations
Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this weekโs presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war that is grinding through its third year and his country is more isolated than ever.
Russian skater's doping case leaves WADA uneasy and targeting new rules before next Winter Olympics
The doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva left a โvery unpleasantโ taste with the World Anti-Doping Agency because the teenager was the only one punished with a ban while her coaches and entourage have not been sanctioned.
UN watchdogโs head in Russia to discuss safety of Ukrainian nuclear plant caught in crossfire
The U.N.โs atomic watchdog agency chief is visiting Russia amid concern about a Ukrainian nuclear power plant caught in the crossfire since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 and seized the facility shortly after.
Small business reporting requirement found unconstitutional by Alabama federal judge
In a blow to the Biden administrationโs effort to increase corporate transparency, an Alabama federal district judge has ruled that the Treasury Department cannot require small business owners to report details on their owners and others who benefit from the business.
Navalny's mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow
Lyudmila Navalnaya and Alla Abrosimova, the mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were among mourners who brought flowers to his grave in Moscow a day after thousands turned his funeral into one of the largest recent displays of dissent.
The US is bracing for complex, fast-moving threats to elections this year, FBI director warns
FBI Director Christopher Wray says the U.S. expects to confront fast-moving threats to American elections this year as artificial intelligence and other technological advances have made interference and meddling easier than before.
Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine risks a global nuclear war
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fulfill Moscowโs goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against a deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that itโs fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict.
The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be on Friday, spokesperson says
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 says.
What's life like for Russia's political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment
For political prisoners, life in Russiaโs penal colonies and labor camps is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, insufficient food, poor health care, sleep deprivation and arbitrary rules that are impossible to obey.
US and EU pile new sanctions on Russia for the Ukraine war's 2nd anniversary and Navalny's death
The United States and the European Union are heaping hundreds of new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation for the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
US is imposing more than 500 new sanctions on Russia's war machine, indicts Russian businessmen
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.
Putin takes a flight in nuclear-capable bomber in a tough message to the West ahead of election
Russiaโs President Vladimir Putin has taken a co-pilot's seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber, a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next monthโs election heโs all but certain to win.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's mother says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial
The mother of Russiaโs late opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that she has seen her sonโs body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye.
As the Ukraine war enters a third year, Putin waits for Western support for Kyiv to wither
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to hope that he can achieve his goals by biding his time and waiting for Western support for Kyiv to wither while maintaining steady military pressure along the stalemated front line.