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Russia

Published
August 13, 2024

Ukraine’s week-old incursion into Russia has embarrassed Putin. How will it affect the war?

The swift incursion into the Kursk region has exposed Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealt a painful blow to the Kremlin.
Published
August 12, 2024

Top Ukrainian commander says his forces control 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk region

Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi's statement is the first public comment from a Ukrainian military official on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin.
Published
August 11, 2024

Zelensky indirectly acknowledges daring military incursion onto Russian soil

The exact aims of the operation remain unclear, and Ukrainian military officials have adopted a policy of secrecy – presumably to ensure its success.
Published
August 2, 2024

Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release

The historic trade was in the works for months and unfolded despite relations between Washington and Moscow being at their lowest point since the Cold War after Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Published
August 1, 2024

Things to know about the largest U.S.-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

Though Thursday's deal involves the most well-known of the Americans held in Russia, there are still several others who remain detained including Travis Leake, Gordon Black, Marc Fogel and Ksenia Khavana.

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Published
July 29, 2024

Russia relies on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, U.S. officials say

Tumultuous U.S. politics in recent weeks have prompted Russia, Iran and China to revise their propaganda playbook rapidly.
Published
July 28, 2024

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed

Several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians Russia held in the Olenivka prison barracks.
Published
July 22, 2024

Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes, other foreign policy challenges

During a five-decade career in politics, Biden developed extensive personal relationships with multiple foreign leaders that none of the potential replacements on the Democratic ticket can match.
Published
July 19, 2024

How Russia’s espionage case against WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich unfolded

Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government have vehemently denied the charges. U.S. officials and The Wall Street Journal have denounced the trial as a sham.
Published
July 19, 2024

Russia convicts WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage

A Russian court has convicted Evan Gershkovich, a Bowdoin grad and U.S. journalist, on espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as a politically motivated sham.