In recent years, L.G.B.T.Q. people in Russia have lived under increasing fear as the Kremlin has ratcheted up measures curtailing gay and transgender rights in
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Russia Puts Jamala, Popular Ukrainian Singer, on Wanted List
Russia has added a popular Ukrainian singer who won the Eurovision song contest seven years ago to its wanted list, as Moscow expands its efforts
Russia Sends Biggest Drone Barrage in Weeks, Ukrainian Officials Say
Russian forces targeted Ukraine overnight with their biggest drone attack in weeks, part of what Ukrainian officials and military analysts say appears to be a
Ukraine’s Top Commander Says War With Russia Has Hit a ‘Stalemate’
With the front line in Ukraine having barely shifted despite months of fierce fighting, Ukraine’s top commander has acknowledged that his forces are locked in
In Ukraine, 3 Childhood Friends Became Brothers in War Against Russia
At a gas station in western Ukraine, three men in their late 20s, friends since childhood, slid into plastic chairs. Exhausted and anxious, they began
Inside the Commando Raids Unnerving Russia in Crimea
Late one evening this month, two Ukrainian commandos eased into a side street in Kyiv in a battered SUV. Back from a dangerous nighttime assault
Russia Detains a U.S. Journalist, Alsu Kurmasheva
The Russian authorities have detained an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an American broadcaster funded by the United States government, on charges of
North Korea Shipped Arms to Russia for Use in Ukraine, U.S. Says
North Korea shipped more than 1,000 containers of arms to Russia in recent weeks for use in the war in Ukraine, U.S. officials said on
Russia Detains Lawyers of Jailed Opposition Leader, Aleksei Navalny
Russian authorities on Friday detained three lawyers representing the jailed opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny in what his supporters said was a government-led attempt to
Russia Presses Assault Near Avdiivka in Southeast Ukraine
Ukrainian forces were engaged in fierce fighting this week around the frontline town of Avdiivka in southeastern Ukraine, as Russian forces have intensified their assault