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 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.”
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 11, 2021
Russian troop movements and talk of intervention cause jitters in Ukraine
by Andrew E. Kramer
Russia has amassed more troops on the Ukrainian border than at any time since 2014. Western governments are asking: Why now?
World / Politics Mar 27, 2021
Biden invites Putin and Xi to virtual climate summit in April
U.S. President Joe Biden has invited his counterparts Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin to a virtual climate summit he is hosting in April, the White House announced on Friday. In all, 40 world leaders have been asked to attend the two-day meeting ...
World / Politics | FOCUS Mar 20, 2021
With Russia and China, Biden reveals diplomatic style: no kid gloves
Two months into his term, the U.S. president is revealing his diplomatic style — and not mincing words in the first dealings with Washington's top rivals.
World Mar 19, 2021
Putin offers Biden public talks after U.S. president calls Russian leader a killer
Putin, speaking on television, cited a Russian children's playground chant to scathingly respond to Biden's accusation with the comment that "he who said it, did it.”
Commentary / World Mar 17, 2021
by Anders Aslund
World / Politics Mar 17, 2021
Putin likely directed 2020 U.S. election meddling, U.S. intelligence finds
The report added heft to longstanding allegations that some of Trump's top lieutenants were playing into Moscow's hands by amplifying claims made against Biden.
World Mar 16, 2021
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he's in a 'concentration camp'
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is serving a two-and-half-year jail term in a penal colony outside Moscow, said Monday he was locked up in a "real concentration camp." His comments were the first confirmation of widespread reports that the Russian opposition politician would be spending ...
Commentary / World Mar 2, 2021
Putin is losing the battle for Russia’s future
by Andrei Kolesnikov
Since Russians began protesting opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment, the security forces have apparently had carte blanche to arrest demonstrators — and they have done so by the thousands. If Russians so much as honk their car horns in solidarity with the protesters, they ...