Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been noticeably absent from view, while grooming his teenage son for the future.
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In Prisoner Swap, Echoes of Putin’s K.G.B. Past
A sprawling exchange with the West underscored the Russian president’s loyalty to his intelligence services. It also showed his continued interest in making deals.
‘The Russian Language Is Everywhere Again’: Exiles Cause Unease in Lithuania
An influx of exiled Russian activists and refugees from Ukraine and Belarus is stirring fears in a country that fought to preserve its language and culture under Soviet occupation.
Russian Court Sentences Leader of Memorial Rights Group to Prison
Oleg Orlov, 70, a co-chairman of Memorial, which shared the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for speaking out on the Ukraine war.
Rights Advocates Honored at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
The three recipients of this year’s Peace Prize emphasized the urgency of fighting today’s authoritarian states to secure human rights and democracy.
The Search for Missing Russian Soldiers
Russian families searching for loved ones say the system for finding missing soldiers is as disorganized as Vladimir Putin’s military effort, which has been marked by dysfunction from the beginning.
In Russia, Memorial Forced to Downsize Tribute to Stalin Victims
Memorial typically conducts a marathon reading of the names, ages, professions and dates of death of those killed under Stalin, but it had to find other ways to honor the victims after the authorities banned it.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Share a Past Shadowed by Russian Abuses
Democracy advocates from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine were jointly awarded the world’s most prestigious peace prize, an implicit condemnation of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and repression at home.
Memorial Shed Light on Russia’s Past and Current Repressions
Members of the group have paid for their work with their lives and their freedom.
Memorial, a Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Has Been Targeted by Putin in Russia
The organization “is based on the notion that confronting past crimes is essential in preventing new ones,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.