The Russian president has posed for some new publicity stills amid the snowy Siberian landscape.
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In Russia, a Covid Lockdown Targets the Opposition
A court has confined 10 prominent opposition politicians and dissidents to house arrest, ostensibly for violating coronavirus safety rules.
Russia Erupts in Fury Over Biden’s Calling Putin a Killer
The Kremlin described the U.S. president’s response to an interview question as “very bad,” and recalled its ambassador to “analyze what needs to be done” about the countries’ relations.
Putin Authorized Russian Interference in 2020 Election, Report Says
The assessment was the intelligence community’s most comprehensive look at foreign efforts to interfere in the election.
Navalny Greets Supporters From Prison: ‘Our Friendly Concentration Camp.’
In an Instagram post, the Russian opposition leader says he is well and has not been subject to violence, but described a dystopian existence in the prison camp where he will likely spend the next two years.
Grisly Killing in Syria Spawns Legal Case Against Russian Mercenaries
Rights groups filed the litigation, linked to footage of a captive being dismembered, in an effort to close loopholes that enable nonstate militias to evade the rules of war.
For Russians in a Pandemic, Lake Baikal Is the Place to See and Be Seen
Usually it’s foreigners who cavort at the world’s deepest lake in winter. But with many borders closed, Russians are arriving in droves to make TikTok videos and snap Instagram pictures.
Born in Soviet Exile, They Might Die in a Russian One
Many victims of Stalin’s gulag are still unable to return to their families’ hometowns. Despite a court order, Moscow isn’t helping them.
Russia Says It Is Slowing Access to Twitter
Moscow accused the social network of failing to remove content it deemed illegal. Soon after, a raft of government websites suffered a short outage.
Biden Administration Announces Sanctions on Russia in Navalny Case
The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny.