At least 366 people were detained over the weekend, leading to concern that the arrests could signal greater government repression ahead of Russia’s elections in March.
Author: Valerie Hopkins
Hundreds of Navalny Mourners Detained Across Russia
At least 400 people have been detained across Russia since Aleksei Navalny’s death, a rights group reported. Those who came to lay flowers found solace in the company of others.
Lev Rubinstein, Russian Poet and a Critic of Putin, Is Dead at 76
He helped found an avant-garde movement fusing art and prose and was outspoken against the invasion of Ukraine. He died after he was hit by a car in Moscow.
They Said ‘I Do’ in a Moscow Prison
She’s 18. He’s 23. He sent her a one-sentence letter through his prison’s electronic mail system: “Will you marry me?” They wed in a small room in a Moscow jail.
Russian Nobel Winner and Other Laureates Ask for $100 Million in Aid
Dmitri A. Muratov, who shared the prize in 2021, has used the honor to raise funds for people affected by the war in Ukraine.
Viktor Bout, Russia’s ‘Merchant of Death,’ Turns to Politics
The convicted arms trafficker Viktor A. Bout hasn’t much flair for retail politicking, but his celebrity may compensate for that in regional elections.
Rumors and Misdirection Keep Crowds Away From Prigozhin Burial
The burial of the Wagner mercenary group boss, two months after his mutiny, was shrouded in misinformation, preventing a public display of support the Kremlin did not want to see.
After Prigozhin’s Death, Mourners Gather at Wagner Memorial in Moscow
Visitors, some tearful, left flowers and other tributes to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company, at a sidewalk memorial.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Renegade Mercenary Chief Who Rattled Kremlin
A tycoon and a Putin ally, he built a paramilitary force that fought by Russia’s side even as he castigated its military leaders. He died at 62 in a plane crash, Russian authorities said.
As Russian forces mount an offensive, Ukrainians in Kupiansk fear a second occupation.
The torture rooms in the battered Ukrainian city of Kupiansk have been empty for months. But Moscow’s advancing forces are just five miles away.