Charles Maynes
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Russian President Putin insists his country is united behind the war effort in Ukraine. Many Russian polls confirm it, but the findings of an independent study present a more complicated picture.
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A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham. -
A Moscow court ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a hearing that was conducted in absentia as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition. -
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow for a two-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. -
The espionage trial for Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, has begun in Russia’s Ural mountain capital of Yekaterinburg — the same city where he was detained 15 months ago. -
Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan continues to mourn loved ones and hold funerals for the dead, as questions and conspiracy theories swirl over the weekend attack that killed 20 people. -
Gunmen attacked several religious sites in the region of Dagestan. A majority Muslim area, it is home to a diverse group of ethnicities and religious faiths, but no stranger to Islamic extremism.
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Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder. -
Russia is carrying out drills with tactical battlefield nuclear weapons near the border with Ukraine. European leaders stated recently that they may be open to a more direct role in the conflict.
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President Putin starts his first foreign trip of this new term: a two-day visit to China to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Here's the significance of this trip and what we can expect from it,
