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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held pickets and demonstrations to mark his birthday. Navalny turned 47 on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2023 while serving a nine-year sentence at a maximum-security prison 150 miles east of Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Navalny supporters hold demonstrations to mark Russian opposition leader’s 47th birthday

Associated Press

In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, the Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev is displayed as Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts an Orthodox service celebrating Trinity Sunday with Russia's most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow's main cathedral despite the keepers' vociferous protests in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev that was kept in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery since the 1920s was moved to Christ the Savior Cathedral for the holiday on President Vladimir Putin's order. Putin's sudden order to hand over the 15th century icon to the church came despite protests from the Tretyakov keepers that the icon was too fragile to move. (Oleg Varov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)

Russia’s most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a cabinet meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin: Putin open to peace talks to end Ukraine war, but only if West offers concessions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ukraine Conflict Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Putin has made rules giving him best chance of winning in Ukraine

By Peter Morici

Illustration on China's goal of hegemony by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

In fantasy of multipolarity, new world order would be dominated by Chinese Communists

By Clifford D. May

Police officers guard an area where a Ukrainian drone damaged an apartment building in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. In Moscow, residents reported hearing explosions and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin later confirmed there had been a drone attack that he said caused "insignificant" damage. (AP Photo)

Moscow drone attack exposes Russia’s vulnerabilities, fuels criticism of military

Associated Press

In this file photo, China's People's Liberation Army displays DF-26 ballistic missiles in a parade. Over just the past several months, major revelations about the extent of China's hypersonic weapons capabilities, its nuclear arms stockpile, and even the size of its navy have sparked concerns that Washington may not have a full window into exactly what its 21st-century rival has up its sleeve, or what may be under development deep inside the communist nation. (Associated Press/File)

China’s growing arsenal boosts risk of nuclear war, study says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration on being banned in Russia by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why I, #467, was banned from Russia

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

A woman exits a newly opened Maag store, a former Zara flagship store, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 27, 2023. When Russia invaded Ukraine, companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others vowed to curtail sales and new investment. More than a year later, it’s clear: Leaving Russia isn't as easy as the first announcements might have made it seem. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Companies are finding it’s not so simple to leave Russia; others are quietly staying put

By David McHugh - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier carries supplies in a trench at the frontline near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Approach to Russia pits ‘America First’ vs. anti-communists; Trump influences GOP stances

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, file photo, a supporter of Serbian ultranationalist leader Vojislav Seselj holds a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest In Belgrade, Serbia. Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. and the West of destabilizing the Balkans with NATO expansion policies as Serbia prepares a hero's welcome for the Russian president. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Putin seeks to foment second Balkan war to distract the West, Bosnian diplomat warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, walk in the garden at Chequers, the prime minister's official country residence, in Aylesbury, England, Monday, May 15, 2023. The symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the world’s rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima later this week. The Japanese city's name evokes the tragedy of war, and the leaders will tackle a host of challenges including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions in Asia. (Carl Court/Pool via AP, File)

Diplomatic tour by Ukraine’s Zelenskyy highlights Putin’s stark isolation

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Russi and Ukraine Drone Attacks Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

A closer look at the crucial fight for air supremacy in Ukraine

By Jed Babbin

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry, firefighters put out fire caused by fragments of a Russian rocket after it was shot down by air defense system during the night Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early hours Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry via AP)

U.S. defenses ding reputation of Russian missiles; fighters destroy all 18 bombs in salvo over Kyiv

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, during a plenary session at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on Oct. 24, 2019. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, has accused South Africa of providing weapons to Russia saying the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A side skirmish in Russia-Ukraine war flares up in South Africa

By Geoff Hill – Special to The Washington Times