Three of those charged have ties to Russian military and intelligence agencies, and the indictment also suggests the involvement of an aide to Vladimir V. Putin.
Author: ANDREW E. KRAMER
Russian Police Arrest Hundreds at Protest, Including Navalny, After Reporter’s Release
Riot police dragged demonstrators from the crowd and arrested news photographers and reporters at a protest called to support the journalist Ivan Golunov, who had been detained and abruptly freed.
In Russia’s Provinces, the Doctor Is in (the Streets)
A new doctors’ union is organizing job actions and demanding greater pay than the $8,670 one surgeon said he was making.
Oligarch’s Return Raises Alarm in Ukraine
Ihor Kolomoisky, a business titan with close ties to Ukraine’s president-elect, returned from self-imposed exile just days before the inauguration.
An Airplane’s Extraordinary Story Recalls Bygone U.S.-Russian Amity
Abandoned in the Arctic for seven decades, the last remaining Lend-Lease Douglas airplane in Russia is museum-bound, at a time of tensions with the United States.
Russian Plane Makes Fiery Emergency Landing in Moscow, Killing 41
Video from Moscow shows an Aeroflot aircraft partly engulfed in flames as it landed, and passengers fleeing on escape slides.
Vows: Scenes from a Chechen Wedding
The bride had a ceremony. The groom had a ceremony. But, as tradition holds, they were not together during the wedding, and neither celebrated with their 700 guests.
In Russia, Political Criticism Is a 4-Letter Word (and a $470 Fine)
A Russian court fined a man $470 for calling President Vladimir Putin a vulgar form of the word dimwit, under a new law against obscene criticism. The man, using obscenities, said he was unrepentant.
Russian Court Orders Release of Michael Calvey, American Businessman
The financier, who has been ordered to house arrest, has advocated for foreign investment in Russia despite its worsening relationship with the West.
Praise for the Mueller Report, From an Unlikely Source: Oleg Deripaska
Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian billionaire, did not cooperate with the special counsel investigation but praised its results.