A wave of raids nationwide took aim at allies of Aleksei A. Navalny, the leading Putin critic, as the Kremlin tries to keep dissent from spreading beyond Moscow.
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
What Spy? Kremlin Mocks Aide Recruited by C.I.A. as a Boozy Nobody
The Russian news media have been working overtime to diminish the importance of a turncoat who the United States says helped expose 2016 election meddling.
What Spy? Kremlin Mocks Aide Recruited by C.I.A. as a Boozy Nobody
The Russian news media have been working overtime to diminish the importance of a turncoat who the United States says helped expose 2016 election meddling.
In St. Petersburg Election, Russia’s Political Rot Is on Full Display
A crony of President Vladimir V. Putin’s is a cinch to win in Sunday’s disputed elections, showcasing the farcical nature of Russian politics that ignited protests this summer.
‘I Am Always Asked if I Am Afraid’: Activist Lawyer Takes On Putin’s Russia
Amid attacks on her husband and herself, Lyubov Sobol has become the face of a revived Russian protest movement.
Hong Kong Was Once Passionate About China. Now, It’s Indifferent or Contemptuous.
Hong Kong’s intellectual and emotional links with the mainland, once strong, are withering, and this distance and disinterest could be the biggest threat facing Beijing.
Top Opposition Activists Are Arrested in Moscow After Wave of Protests
The lawyer Lyubov Sobol, the public face of recent rallies, and two others, were detained in Moscow in a sweep of opposition figures ahead of an election this Sunday.
From the Shadows, China’s Communist Party Mobilizes Against Hong Kong Protests
In Hong Kong, the party is officially nonexistent, but it is in the vanguard of an increasingly firm pushback against the demonstrations.
A Hong Kong ‘Troublemaker’ With a Clean Conscience
Jimmy Lai, alone among the territory’s elite, supports the protests and refuses to pay even token obeisance to Beijing, which calls him a “black hand” and a C.I.A. agent.
‘Retake Hong Kong’: A Movement, a Slogan and an Identity Crisis
Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed government is struggling not only for control of the streets but over what the city means as a place and political entity.