In his annual call-in show, President Vladimir V. Putin struck a changed tone after previously having cast his country’s handling of Covid-19 as a success story.
Author: Anton Troianovski
Soviets Once Denied a Deadly Anthrax Lab Leak. U.S. Scientists Backed the Story.
The accident and a subsequent cover-up have renewed relevance as scientists search for the origins of Covid-19.
Soviets Once Denied a Deadly Anthrax Lab Leak. U.S. Scientists Backed the Story.
The accident and a subsequent cover-up have renewed relevance as scientists search for the origins of Covid-19.
Russia’s Pro-Putin Commentators Praise Biden After Summit
Cooler heads say President Biden skillfully laid the groundwork for what he can, and cannot, reasonably expect to gain from the Kremlin.
In Geneva, Putin Wants Respect. Biden Might Just Give Him Some.
By calling the Russian leader “a worthy adversary,” the president raised expectations in Moscow, but he will expect the favor to be returned.
Russia Scrambles to Contain New Covid-19 Surge
Moscow’s mayor said the city’s situation had “sharply worsened” in the past week.
Navalny’s Lawyer Finds Himself a Target of Putin’s Crackdown
For years, Ivan Pavlov jousted with Russia’s “leviathan” security state. Now, as the lawyer for the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, he is in danger of being swallowed by it.
Russia Rejects Some Flight Plans, as Belarus Grows More Isolated
The skies over Eastern Europe became a geopolitical checkerboard, and a Swiss email provider pushed back against Belarus’s claims of an emailed bomb threat.
Belarus Plane Crisis Tightens Lukashenko’s Awkward Embrace of Putin
For years, the leader of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has played the West against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Now, weakened and isolated, he is losing leverage.
Belarus Is Isolated as Other Countries Move to Ban Flights
The extraordinary forced landing of a commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard escalated into one of the biggest flare-ups in East-West tensions in recent years.