Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu treads lightly with President Vladimir Putin. Russia is not responding in kind, with public criticism increasing.
Should one person have that much power?
A day after a rubber-stamp presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said he would not back down in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Muchos rusos dicen que apoyan a su presidente, pero no está claro cuáles serían sus preferencias si existieran otras alternativas.
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Many Russians say they back their president, but it is far less clear what they might do if they were given alternatives.
President Vladimir V. Putin is expected to use the scale of his victory to justify more aggression in Ukraine. Many Russians are uneasy about what comes next.
A rubber-stamp presidential election with no real competition allows Vladimir Putin to claim strong public support for his domestic dominance and the invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian leader claimed he had been ready to release Navalny in a prisoner swap when the opposition leader died last month at an Arctic penal colony.
Yulia Navalnaya, who has vowed to carry on her husband’s work, waited in line for hours with voters outside of the Russian embassy.
An oil refinery was set on fire in southern Russia and air defense forces shot down two drones flying toward Moscow, officials said, as Ukraine continued a flurry of attacks timed for the election.
Many appeared to be heeding a call by the opposition to express frustration by showing up en masse at midday. “We don’t have any other options,” said one woman.
While there is little doubt about the vote’s outcome, there is concern that an emboldened President Putin may use a win to start a new war mobilization.
The surprise attacks, timed to Russia’s election, are meant to undermine the sense of stability in Russia and divert the country’s military resources from Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.
Russia is holding a presidential vote in the occupied regions of Ukraine to try to legitimize its rule there, expose dissenters and present a veneer of democracy.
La elección presidencial en Rusia comienza el viernes y termina el domingo, y aunque presenta los rasgos de una contienda reñida, en realidad es un referéndum predeterminado, al estilo soviético.
In a report headed to the Human Rights Council in Geneva next week, an investigative commission outlines the ongoing torture and starvation of Ukrainian prisoners.
The Group of 7 major industrial powers threatened “significant measures” against Tehran if it aids Moscow’s war against Ukraine, including a cutoff of Iran Air flights to Europe.
Two missiles hit the same spot, Ukrainian authorities said, killing some rescuers who had responded to the first attack.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen horrifying persecution of L.G.B.T.Q. people. The world should recognize it as a crime against humanity.
Alrededor de 65.000 mujeres prestan servicio en las fuerzas armadas de Ucrania, lo que supone un aumento del 30 por ciento desde el comienzo de la guerra. Algunas planean continuar en las filas terminado el conflicto.
El paquete de 300 millones de dólares ayudará a contener a los rusos durante unas semanas, según los analistas, pero sin mucho más Ucrania puede seguir perdiendo terreno.
Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in Ukraine, Russia has intensified online censorship using techniques pioneered by China.
Ukrainian drone strikes have been able to hit refineries deep in Russian territory, indicating a new vulnerability. But it is unclear if that will affect the fighting.
The U.S. ambassador to Budapest raised the temperature in a long-running standoff, citing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s pro-Russia, anti-U.S. stance and opposition to supporting Ukraine.
The presidential vote in Russia begins on Friday and lasts through Sunday, and although it features the trappings of a horse race, it is more of a predetermined, Soviet-style referendum.
The $300 million package will help hold off the Russians for a few weeks, analysts say, but without far more Ukraine may go on losing ground.
Yandex’s co-founder, Arkady Volozh, received rare sanctions relief after condemning Russia’s war and severing ties to the country.
The Russian leader struck a softer tone about nuclear weapons in an interview with state television. But he warned that Russia was ready to strike if its “sovereignty and independence” were threatened.
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Once dependent on Europe for trade, Russia has been forging new routes that will allow it to skirt Western restrictions. A planned railway through Iran could be key for those ambitions.
Leonid Volkov, a top aide to Aleksei Navalny, was beaten and sprayed with tear gas as he was pulling up to his house in Vilnius.
American officials estimated that Ukraine, a country without a traditional navy, has sunk 15 Russian ships in the past six months.
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The attacks and drone strikes across the southern border were intended to counter President Vladimir V. Putin’s control over Russia, a leader in one of the groups said.
The president hosted leaders of Poland at the White House as he sought to reassure NATO members of American steadfastness in the face of threats from Moscow and former President Donald J. Trump.
Drones have become a critical weapon for both sides, but a lack of coordination among troops has put Ukraine at a disadvantage.
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The warrants for two commanders over alleged war crimes may set an interesting precedent, legal experts said, including for the conflict in Gaza.
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Moscú ha dicho que tomará medidas indefinidas para mejorar su defensa contra la recién ampliada OTAN.
The French president attempted to forge a united front on a harder line against Russia. But few were persuaded.
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Ukrainian officials are disheartened about stalled aid. The Pentagon wants Kyiv to heed its advice on how to fight.
Fund-raisers are borrowing heavily from business techniques to keep donations flowing to the military. The latest trend? Broad approaches that rely on networks of friends and acquaintances.
The loss of the optimism in the face of oppression espoused by Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, has hit many Russians hard. Now, as one mourner said, “I don’t have any vision of the future.”
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The fall of the city, when it came in mid-February, was brutal and fast. Soldiers fought for their lives. Many did not make it.
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First President Emmanuel Macron of France, then Chancellor Olaf Scholz, exposed divisions among Western countries trying to avoid direct hostilities with Russia.
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The Russian authorities vilified the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny with a viciousness that suggested he was more influential than Moscow would admit. Little has changed since he died.
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Although the funeral of Aleksei Navalny seemed to underline Vladimir Putin’s dominance of Russia, it was also a day when pent-up dissent, and optimism, re-emerged, if only briefly.
In a striking display of dissent, thousands gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to the Russian opposition leader on Friday.
Thousands of people turned out for Aleksei A. Navalny’s funeral in Moscow.
El líder de Rusia sabe que sus oponentes, liderados por el presidente Joe Biden, son los que más temen una escalada del conflicto.
The Putin-friendly faction of the party is ascendant, while some of his biggest critics are retiring.
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The police presence appeared heavy for the service. Some attendees shouted, “No to war” and “Russia will be free” as they marched to the cemetery where the opposition leader was to be buried.
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“We also have weapons that can strike targets on their territory,” Mr. Putin said in an annual speech. “Do they not understand this?”
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France’s finance minister, Bruno LeMaire, said there was no legal rationale for giving the Russian central bank funds to Ukraine.
The French president’s openness to Western troops in Ukraine signaled a quest for military resolve. But some allies felt blindsided.
Se difundió que los servicios funerarios para el líder de la oposición rusa estarían abiertos al público en general pero es posible que las autoridades traten de impedir la asistencia.
Transnistria declared independence in 1992 but is not recognized internationally. The request by the territory’s legislature could fuel regional tensions as the war in Ukraine rages.
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A scheduled service for the Russian opposition leader will be open to the public, but it is unclear whether the authorities will try to stop people from attending.
Mr. Ryzhkov, who ascended to the Soviet Union’s second most powerful post in 1985, took much of the blame for the economic collapse that led to the country’s dissolution in 1991.
In an attempt to limit blackmail and other harm, he issued an executive order asking the Justice Department to write rules restricting sales to six countries.
Four months into his job as the top leader in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself the odd man out in increasingly intense talks on how to fund the government and whether to continue aid to Ukraine.
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The Hungarian leader has given various rationales for stalling Swedish membership in NATO. The real reason may have to do with his own standing and domestic politics.
The warning came in response to comments by President Emmanuel Macron of France, who said “nothing should be ruled out” when asked about the possibility.
Oleg Orlov, 70, a co-chairman of Memorial, which shared the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for speaking out on the Ukraine war.
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Russian forces have an unorthodox view of acceptable levels of military losses, with a willingness to expend troops and equipment to make even small gains on the battlefield.
A pesar de la muerte, la destrucción y las privaciones, casi el 90 por ciento de la población sigue confiando en que Ucrania terminará por triunfar, siempre y cuando continúe la ayuda occidental.
Aliados de Alexéi Navalny aseguraron que estaba a punto de ser liberado. Un funcionario occidental declaró que se habían entablado conversaciones para su liberación, pero que no hubo un acuerdo inminente.
Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games, Canada’s team said skating officials improperly awarded third place to Russia. The Russians filed three cases, asking for the gold.
The alliance’s expansion, with Finland last year and soon Sweden, was a consequence from the invasion of Ukraine that Russia’s president may not have calculated.
Allies of Aleksei Navalny said he was about to be freed in a swap. A Western official said discussions for his release and that of two Americans had been underway, but no deal was imminent.
The French leader said that talks had not resulted in any consensus among European officials on putting troops on the ground in an “official” way, but that “anything is possible.”
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Western sanctions haven’t worked. Weapons from allies are running low. Pressure may build on Kyiv to seek a settlement, even from a weakened position.
After nearly two years and only scraps of information, a Ukrainian family still hopes their son, a marine captured by the Russians in Mariupol, will come home soon.
The costs of two years of war in Ukraine have been enormous. But many Russians are feeling optimistic.
Si la finalidad fundamental de la guerra del presidente de Rusia era mantener a Ucrania dentro de su órbita de influencia, ha conseguido el efecto contrario.
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La esposa de Alexéi Navalny había evitado la atención mediática, pero la muerte del líder opositor más famoso de Rusia puede hacer que eso sea imposible. “No tengo derecho a rendirme”, dijo.
Ukraine will never be his.
The president’s younger brother rebutted G.O.P. allegations against Joe Biden in impeachment testimony and portrayed himself as an anchor during family tragedy.
The ultranationalist blogger, Andrei Morozov, had described a campaign of intimidation against him and threatened to end his own life.
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Faltering U.S. support for Ukraine and comments from Donald Trump about NATO have caused alarm in European capitals.
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The assaults on the village of Robotyne, which come at the same time as successful attacks in the east, are designed to pressure Ukrainian troops across the front line, analysts say.
At a Fox News town hall event, he mentioned his four indictments, which he said were “all because of the fact that I am in politics.”
El piloto ruso Maksim Kuzminov ayudó a Ucrania cuando desertó a su país y abandonó la guerra. Ahora se cree que su cuerpo fue encontrado sin vida.
The president cannot allow Russia’s rulers to think that his threats are hollow.
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The country’s main security agency said the 33-year-old detainee lived in Los Angeles. A lawyers group said she was accused of donating $50 to the war effort.