Officials identified the suspect as a private serving in a remote area along Russia’s border with China, and blamed a “nervous breakdown.”
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
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.”
‘The New Berlin Wall’: Why Ukraine Is Central to the Scandal
Caught between East and West, it is a place that attracts adventurers and carpetbaggers, who return home with “legacies, memories and skeletons for their closets.”
Russia Raids Offices and Homes of Navalny Allies
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.
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.