The armed operation targeting scientists in Moscow prompted outrage and questions about over-the-top actions by the country’s increasingly aggressive security forces.
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
A Disgraced Ukrainian Oligarch’s Bizarre Ski Resort Plan
Plans to put a billion-dollar development in the middle of nowhere point to the revived fortunes of Ihor Kolomoisky, a patron of Ukraine’s new president.
Vladimir Bukovsky, Revered Soviet Dissident and Putin Critic, Dies at 76
Even in exile, a former Soviet prisoner kept up his attacks on the Kremlin under both the Communists and Putin. But disputed child pornography charges marred his reputation.
Vladimir Bukovsky, Revered Soviet Dissident and Putin Critic, Dies at 76
Even in exile, a former Soviet prisoner kept up his attacks on the Kremlin under both the Communists and Putin. But disputed child pornography charges marred his reputation.
Maria Butina, Deported to Moscow, Is Defiant: ‘Russians Don’t Give Up’
Ms. Butina, who befriended prominent Republicans during the 2016 election, served time in a Florida prison as an unregistered foreign agent.
Russian Conscript Kills 8 Soldiers in Shooting in Siberia
Officials identified the suspect as a private serving in a remote area along Russia’s border with China, and blamed a “nervous breakdown.”
Russian Circus Bear Mauls Its Handler, Terrifying Crowd Just Yards Away
The circus manager said neither the trainer nor the bear were seriously injured, and blamed spectators for provoking the animal with flashes from cellphone cameras.
As Putin Era Begins to Wane, Russia Unleashes a Sweeping Crackdown
A wave of arrests against journalists, opposition activists, doctors and religious believers raises a question: Is this a police state in the making or just a highly dysfunctional one?
Russia Couldn’t Stop This Putin Critic. Now It Has a New Tactic.
Russian authorities stepped up their long campaign to silence the opposition leader, accusing him of taking foreign money, a charge he denies.
Oleg Sentsov: Russian by Blood and Language, Ukrainian in Spirit
Released from a Russian jail in the Arctic in a prisoner swap, the filmmaker vows to fight on against what he calls President Vladimir V. Putin’s “political necrophilia.”