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Navalny survived poisoning only to be arrested and sentenced to more than 30 years in jail. Now he has disappeared.
The world according to Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian leader spoke to about 600 journalists and took questions from the public.
Russian riot police detain gay rights activists during World Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in St. Petersburg in 2019.
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Far-right American Christians once viewed Soviet culture as a menace to their values. Today, some authoritarian-leaning admirers wish their country were more like Putin’s Russia.
Display monitors show the result of voting at the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 12, 2023, in favour of a resolution calling on Israel to uphold legal and humanitarian obligations in its war with Hamas.
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In war time, the type of conflict determines what formal rules of war apply. But how to determine the nature of the conflict?
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present medals at the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 8, 2023.
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Polls suggest many Russians remain supportive of Putin and the war in Ukraine. Economic realities and western double standards likely play a big role.
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Serbia’s nationalist government seeks re-election. If it succeeds, Europe may be poised for renewed war in the Balkans.
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With the prospect of a second Trump presidency halting military aid for Ukraine, it is vital for Kyiv that the EU finds a way to unlock more funding.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the Piskarevsky Cemetery laying flowers at the World War II memorial in January 2014.
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Putin’s ideological propaganda leans heavily on Russian history
Vigil lanterns at the Bitter Memory of Childhood monument commemorating the Ukrainian famine.
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Putin’s worldview echoes Russian phrase, ‘Who is not with us, is against us.’
Activist Sair Smedlja stands in front of the Crimean Tatar self-governing assembly (the Mejlis) which was closed down when the Russians occupied Crimea.
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A spokesman claims that Crimean Tatars who are arrested by their Russian occupiers are beaten and tortured.
Residents of Kherson queue up to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after the liberation of the city in November 2022.
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Venturing out onto the city’s streets carries danger. But there is little reason to go out anyway. Few shops and still fewer places of entertainment are open.
Andrey Vladimirovich Menshikov, mostly known by his stage name ‘Legalize’, but also for his membership in D.O.B and Bad Balance, is used to grating the Kremlin.
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Vladimir Putin and his KGB men have steadily extinguished the artistic freedom the genre enjoyed in the 1990s, with Ukraine’s invasion adding yet another nail in the coffin.
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Since 1947 the clock’s hand have been set at the beginning of every year.
Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov have a personal relationship based on mutual dependence.
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The leader of Chechnya rules with brute force, impunity and near autonomy. Why doesn’t Vladimir Putin rein him in?
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Moscow has pulled the plug on yet another safety valve preventing conflict with the west.
People holding signs calling for an end to genocide in the Gaza Strip have been a common occurrence at pro-Palestinian protests.
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People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
Friendly relations: Vladimir Putin with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas in 2021.
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Russia has strong ties with Israel as well as many Arab states, so it is well placed as a mediator. But does war in the Middle East suit Moscow’s priorities?
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a police barricade outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, in September 2023.
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India is far from posing a threat to American power the way China is now. But if the West elevates India at China’s expense, it will eventually have to contend with Indian challenges.
Sevastopol: Russia’s naval base in Crimea has suffered several major attacks in recent months.
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Russia has lost control of the Black Sea, which will have major implications for the war on land.