“If there are images they are a reflection of something,” he said in a tongue-in-cheek answer to whether Pyongyang had sent troops to help with Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Putin Brings Together Economies He Hopes Will Eclipse the West
The Russian leader hopes to use the meeting of the so-called BRICS group, which includes China and India, as a counterweight to the West.
Russia Sentences Alsu Kurmasheva, American Editor, to a Penal Colony
Ms. Kurmasheva, a Russian American working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, had been charged in relation to an antiwar book she edited.
Russia Extends Detention of U.S. Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor who also holds Russian citizenship, was arrested in October on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.
Russia School Shooting Kills 7 Students and 2 Employees
Within hours of the shooting in Kazan, a provincial capital, President Vladimir V. Putin said he had ordered a tightening of Russia’s already restrictive laws on civilian ownership of guns.