Charles Maynes
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Russia has freed violent convicts in exchange for their military service in Ukraine. Their victims' families say justice has been denied.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual four-hour press conference, a tradition that was canceled last year as Russia was suffering defeat on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin resumed his traditional year-end press conference, after canceling last year, when Russia was doing badly on the battlefield. He combined it with a call-in program.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a call-in question-and-answer session for the first time since he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Lawyers of jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny say they have not been able to confirm his whereabouts for several days, raising concern among his allies for his health and safety.
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Almost two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, signs of war fatigue among the Russian population are growing, despite harsh legal penalties for questioning the war.
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Georgia is balancing its desire to move closer to the West without antagonizing its powerful neighbor, Russia.
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A young woman who placed anti-war messages in a Saint Petersburg, Russia, supermarket has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Separatist leaders in Nagorno-Karabakh said that after "a lack of concrete actions" by international parties, their forces had few options to ensure civilians' safety.
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Azerbaijan has attacked Armenian forces as Russia, the official peacekeeper in the region, appears absorbed by its war in Ukraine.