The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions. With the war going poorly for Russia, that could have been awkward.
Author: NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Putin Will Not Hold His Annual Year-End Conference
It would be the first time in a decade that the Russian president has skipped the annual event, and follows a series of significant military losses for Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine.
Putin Will Not Hold His Annual Year-End Conference
Dmitri S. Peskov, the Russian president’s spokesman, said that the event would not take place, although he held out the possibility that it might be rescheduled for the new year.
Russian Anti-War Activists Seek Common Goals (When They’re Not Bickering)
Almost 300 activists, many young and from the diaspora, gathered to try to forge a common path, beyond struggling against Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.
Navalny Team Uses Youtube From Exile to Lift Anti-War Effort
The political network of Aleksei A. Navalny, the imprisoned opposition leader, had seemingly been crushed. But working from abroad, the Navalny team is using YouTube to spearhead antiwar efforts.
Aleksandr Dugin and Russian War Hawks Step Up Putin Criticism Over Kherson
Even Vladimir Putin and the Russian government were targets, but there was no evidence that the volume of blame would be a real liability.
When It Comes to Bearing Bad Tidings, Putin Is Nowhere to Be Found
Big decisions about Ukraine are President Vladimir V. Putin’s to make, but the Kremlin and state media are distancing him from the setback in Kherson and downplaying its seriousness.
Drones Embody an Iran-Russia Alliance Built on Hostility to the U.S.
Authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Tehran have in common international isolation, domestic crisis and conflict with the West.
Russia’s Draft Sends Barely Trained Men to War in Ukraine
Newly mobilized recruits are already at the front in Ukraine, a growing chorus of reports says, fighting and dying after only days of training.
Putin Blames Ukraine For Crimea Bridge Blast, Calling It ‘Terrorism’
The Russian president’s remarks were his first about Saturday’s explosion on the Kerch Strait Bridge.