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Brittney Griner Appeals Drug Conviction in Russia, Lawyer Says
The defense team for Brittney Griner, the American basketball star sentenced to prison in Russia on drug smuggling charges, said on Monday that it had appealed the verdict as Russian diplomats began to speak more openly about a potential prisoner exchange with the United States. Maria Blagovolina, a partner at the law firm that has…
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Crimea Blast Damage Appears Worse Than Russia Claimed: Ukraine War News
Video Ukraine claimed responsibility for a rare attack on a Russian air base in the occupied Crimean Peninsula.CreditCredit…Reuters ODESA, Ukraine — Damage from a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea appeared to be greater than the Kremlin has described, as officials on the Russia-occupied peninsula on Wednesday declared a state of…
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In a Summer of Feints, Russia and Ukraine Try to Predict Enemy’s Next Move
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — At one point on the front line, Ukrainian soldiers advanced by creeping on their bellies 50 yards at a time, digging new trenches at every stop. Elsewhere, soldiers with the 93rd Brigade captured about three miles of wheat fields — and a Russian tank. Another unit liberated a village last week. Out…
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Blasts Reported at Nuclear Plant Seized by Russia
A decoy soldier on a roadside across the Dnipro River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex last week. Both Ukrainian and Russian officials reported blasts there on Friday, blaming one another.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials have been raising alarms for months. The world’s nuclear watchdog agency warned of the…
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Putin and Erdogan to Talk in Sochi, Russia.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were meeting on Friday in the southern Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi, for a second face-to-face conversation in less than three weeks against a complex backdrop of dovetailing and competing interests. Aides to the leaders portrayed the talks in Sochi…
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Looming Question for Putin Opponents: Can You Change Russia From Jail?
Shortly after Russia shocked the world by attacking Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ilya V. Yashin, a local Moscow councilman and prominent opposition figure, decided it was time to see a dentist. The Kremlin was in the process of criminalizing criticism of the war, and Mr. Yashin, a very vocal critic, had decided to stay in…
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Ukraine News: Russia Seeks to Rally Support From African Allies
During his trip to Africa, Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, is expected to try to paint Russia as the continent’s faithful ally.Credit…Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/EPA, via Shutterstock President Vladimir V. Putin casts himself as the leader of a global movement rising up against domination by the United States and its allies. On Sunday, his top…
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How the Grain Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Will Work
BRUSSELS — There are many moving parts to the grain deal Russia and Ukraine reached, which officials didn’t think was even possible until last week, not least because the war is continuing and trust between the parties is extremely low. Here’s what to know about the grain problem, and how it might now be addressed.…
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Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Restarts Gas Flow
The American-made HIMARS truck-mounted rocket system on display in March at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Credit…Fayez Nureldine/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images As Russia’s foreign minister made clear that Moscow’s territorial ambitions extend beyond Ukraine’s eastern territories, the United States said on Wednesday that it would send four more advanced multiple-rocket launch vehicles…
