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.
Author: Anton Troianovski
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.
Where Ukrainians Are Preparing for All-Out War With Russia
A dried-up canal running from Ukraine into Russian-occupied Crimea is emerging as one of Europe’s main flash points.
Lawyer for Navalny Is Arrested in Moscow
Ivan Pavlov was defending the opposition leader’s organizations from accusations of extremism.
Navalny’s Group Is Disbanding Its Network in Russia
As the imprisoned opposition leader made his first public appearance since going on a hunger strike, his associates said Kremlin pressure has become crushing.
Navalny’s Network is Disbanding, Citing Pressure From Putin
As the jailed opposition leader made his first public appearance since a hunger strike, his associates said government pressure caused them to shut down regional offices.
After Testing the World’s Limits, Putin Steps Back From the Brink
The Russian president pulled back troops from Ukraine’s border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Aleksei A. Navalny after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power.
Aleksei Navalny Says He Is ‘A Skeleton Walking, Swaying, In Its Cell.’
Protests are starting to unfold across Russia as activists demand the release of the opposition leader from prison.