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Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, died on Friday while imprisoned in Russia. Navalny’s death comes as the American conservative movement has grown sympathetic toward Putin, an autocrat whose political enemies have a long history of dying under mysterious circumstances. Former Fox News host …

KYIV —Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a decades-long quest to restore his country to what he views as its rightful place in world affairs, and he is willing to crush anyone who stands in his way. Putin’s regime has ruthlessly consolidated power through murder and oppression, while using unfettered …

Russia’s army of online trolls seemed powerful after claims they may have helped Donald Trump win the presidency in 2016. But nearly eight years later, that troll army is struggling in the trenches of Russia’s war on Ukraine as it tries — and fails— to trick the world into buying …

Donald Trump said that he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO allies if those allies don’t contribute enough defense spending to the alliance, and Sen. Marco Rubio seems to be totally fine with that. The Republican said Sunday that he has “zero concern” about …

Nancy Pelosi suggested that Russia may be funding pro-Palestinian protesters who have been interrupting Democratic campaign events, saying that some calling for a ceasefire are promoting “Putin’s message.” Protesters disrupted Pelosi’s appearance in Seattle on Thursday to call for an end to Israel‘s assault on Palestine. Vocal demonstrators have also …

DNIPRO, Ukraine — The building rocks as air defenses engage incoming missiles, and one regrets being caught out on the 17th floor of a 20-floor high-rise, despite the view and modern construction. In Dnipro, an industrial city along the banks of the Dnieper River in central Ukraine where I had …

Alexei Navalny, the anti-Putin activist and Russian opposition leader who mysteriously disappeared from prison earlier this month, has been found in a remote penal colony in the Arctic, a spokesperson has said. Kira Yarmysh, an aide for Navalny, wrote on X on Monday that the activist had been found after …

Allies of Alexei Navalny say the imprisoned Russian opposition leader has been missing for days. The disappearance of one of Vladimir Putin’s staunchest critics follows the Russian president’s announcement on Friday that he would once again seek re-election. On Monday, Navalny’s spokesperson ​​Kira Yarmysh wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that …

During President Joe Biden‘s Oval Office address on Thursday, he drew attention to Wadea Al-Fayoume, the six-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was stabbed to death in an alleged hate crime. “His name was Wadea,” said Biden during his address to the nation. “A proud American, a proud Palestinian American family. We …

Sean Penn knows what you think of him. Several minutes into the two-time Oscar winner’s new film, Superpower, ostensibly a documentary about the battle-hardened president of Ukraine, Penn’s gravelly voice answers a question posed in interviews past: Who do you think you are, Walter Cronkite? You have a savior complex? …