Maria Lvova-Belova says she is running a humanitarian evacuation of abandoned Ukrainian children. The International Criminal Court accuses her of abducting them wholesale.
Author: Valerie Hopkins
Russian Girl Sent to Orphanage After Father Criticizes War
Rights activists worry that the separation of a teenage girl and her father after they criticized the war in Ukraine might signal a toughening of the crackdown on dissent.
Russian Father Flees Before Conviction That May Leave His Daughter in Orphanage
Aleksei Moskalyov was convicted over antiwar comments on social media that came to light after his daughter made a drawing at school.
Russian Faced Prison Time for Instagram Post About War in Ukraine
The case of Olesya Krivtsova, a Russian student who ended up on the Kremlin’s official terrorist list, has underscored the perils of using social media to criticize the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
Here Is What Putin and Xi Agreed to During Their Moscow Meeting
The two leaders did not reveal any progress toward achieving peace in Ukraine.
Russia Stages a Patriotic Concert to Rally Support for the War in Ukraine
Some attendees drove for more than eight hours to show their support for the war, the army and President Putin.
In Bleak Russian Cemetery, Sea of Crosses Signals War’s True Toll
A dismal, snowy plot near the Black Sea is the final resting place for more and more soldiers from the Wagner mercenary forces, a testament to the huge casualties Russia is suffering in its invasion.
‘Banksy of Borovsk,’ a Russian Muralist, Wages His Own War
An 84-year-old artist, defying Moscow’s crackdown on dissent, wants his country to acknowledge misdeeds both past and present.
What to Know About the Two Americans Still Detained in Russia
The State Department has urged U.S. citizens not to travel to Russia and, if they are in the country, to ‘leave immediately.’
Russia Finds War Critic Ilya Yashin Guilty of ‘Spreading False Information’
Ilya Yashin, who pleaded not guilty, is among the highest-profile opposition politicians remaining in Russia.