Russia

World Apr 21, 2021

Doctors denied access to 'very weak' Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny

A team of medics has been trying to see the 44-year-old Navalny since early this month, after he began refusing food on March 31.

World Apr 20, 2021

Russian military buildup near Ukraine numbers more than 100,000 troops, EU says

More than 100,000 Russian troops have massed on Ukraine's border and in annexed Crimea, the office of the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said after EU foreign ministers were briefed by Ukraine's foreign minister. In a news conference on Monday, Borrell had originally spoken of ...

World Apr 20, 2021

Under Western pressure, Russia moves Alexei Navalny to prison hospital

Russia's prison service insisted the anti-corruption campaigner's condition was "satisfactory," and said he was taking vitamin supplements as part of medical treatment.

Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Apr 19, 2021

Beijing huddles with friends as it seeks to fracture U.S.-led 'clique'

China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it.

World Apr 18, 2021

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could 'die any minute,' doctors say

Navalny risks cardiac arrest as his health has rapidly deteriorated, doctors warned, urging immediate access to Russia's most famous prisoner.

World Apr 16, 2021

Biden seeking ‘stable, predictable’ ties with Putin after imposing sanctions

by Justin Sink

The U.S. president said he was fulfilling a campaign vow to hold Russia accountable, and that he could have gone further but chose to be "proportionate.”

National Apr 14, 2021

South Korea aims to fight Fukushima water release in world tribunal

President Moon Jae-in has called for looking into ways to refer Japan's move to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Commentary / World Apr 13, 2021

Elon Musk leaves Vladimir Putin stranded on Earth

by Clara Ferreira Marques

A combination of Russian bureaucracy, military secrecy and a state-dominated economy have failed to foster private space enterprises of the kind driving innovation in the U.S.

World Apr 12, 2021

‘You can’t trust anyone’: Russia’s hidden COVID-19 toll is an open secret

by Anton Troianovski

At least 300,000 more people died last year during the coronavirus pandemic than were reported in Russia’s most widely cited official statistics.

Commentary / World Apr 12, 2021

A new Syria process cuts out Iran to bring in Gulf Arabs

by Hussein Ibish

The goal, it would appear, is to pave the way for broader Gulf Arab re-engagement with Syria, and a concomitant marginalization of Iranian influence.

World / Politics Apr 12, 2021

Top U.S. diplomat says any attempt by China to take Taiwan by force would be a 'serious mistake'

Antony Blinken voiced concern about tension fomented by Chinese "aggressive actions” in the area and said the U.S. stands by its commitments to ensure the island’s self-defense.