The 47-year-old Alexei Navalny is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe and has exposed official corruption and organized major anti-Kremlin protests.
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Russia accuses U.S. of being behind assassination attempt on Putin
The Kremlin promised unspecified retaliation for what it termed a ‘terrorist’ act, and pro-Kremlin figures called for the assassinations of senior Ukraine leaders.
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Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia
The two visits, about 500 miles apart, highlighted the nearly 13-month-old war’s repercussions for international diplomacy as countries line up behind Moscow or Kyiv.
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International court issues war crimes warrant for Putin
The court said Putin ‘is allegedly responsible for the crime of unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation.
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Maine’s members of Congress support additional assistance for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a plea for more U.S. assistance in an address to Congress on Wednesday.
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Putin, Trump will put on an empty show
When President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, some Americans will watch with apprehension: What if they hatch a plan that’ll harm U.S. interests? What if Trump is meeting with his handler rather than his counterpart? They shouldn’t worry. There’s little doubt that Putin can handle Trump, but not as […]
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Ovechkin and Putin: Why?
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Calgary Flames, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) WASHINGTON — For more than a dozen years, Alex Ovechkin has skated between two worlds: his country of birth and his professional […]
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Russia asserting itself geopolitically
NEW YORK — Put his campaign rhetoric, tweets and appointments all together, and we’re getting a sense of American foreign policy under Donald Trump. The president-elect has consistently signaled that he wants to be accommodating toward Russia and get tough on China. But that sees the world almost backward. China is, for the most part, […]
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Turkey’s shoot-down of Russian warplane concerns Collins
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the downing of a Russian warplane by America’s NATO ally Turkey on Tuesday was making an already tense and difficult situation in the Middle East even more worrisome. In Lewiston on Tuesday to visit with city leaders on economic and community development issues, Collins, a member of […]
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Iran marches, Russia rules, Obama watches
WASHINGTON — Guess who just popped up in the Kremlin? Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator and destroyer, now Vladimir Putin’s newest pet. After four years holed up in Damascus, Assad was summoned to Russia to bend a knee to Putin, show the world that today Middle East questions get settled not in Washington but in Moscow, […]