February 5, 2021 Russian woman, 21, details frightening treatment by police after anti-Putin protests Alyona Kitayeva's testimony about her treatment at the hands of police, after Sunday's protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin, was powerful.
February 5, 2021 Doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning dead at 55 The Russian doctor who was in charge of treating Alexei Navalny after he was poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok has died suddenly at age 55, according to multiple reports.
February 5, 2021 Moscow jails overwhelmed with detained Navalny protesters The video, shot by a man detained in a Moscow protest, shows a group of people jammed into a police minibus. One of them says on the recording that they had already been held there for nine hours, with some forced to stand because of overcrowding and no access to food, water or bathrooms.
February 4, 2021 Biden administration vows to free Americans being held hostage abroad Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a call with the families of Americans held hostage or unlawfully detained overseas.
February 4, 2021 Kremlin: Thousands of arrests at protests necessary response The fresh protests follow a court sentence for Navalny of just under three years for probation violations.
February 4, 2021 Sen. John Cornyn: Biden's risky nuclear strategy – there's a smarter way to deal with Russia and China The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) is the only surviving bilateral arms control treaty with Russia, and it’s set to expire in a matter of days.
February 3, 2021 Russia blasts criticism of Putin critic Navalny's prison term as 1,400 more protesters arrested Russian authorities on Wednesday shrugged off the massive rallies against the jailing of top Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny and rejected Western criticism as “hysterics” as activists reported more than 1,400 new arrests in the crackdown on protesters.
February 2, 2021 Nuclear war with China or Russia a 'real possibility,' STRATCOM commander warns The head of U.S. Strategic Command is calling for reimagining methods of deterring aggressive action from rivals such as China and Russia, including the "real possibility" of nuclear war.
February 2, 2021 Putin critic Navalny defiant during prison sentencing He stood straight and smiled, silently interacting with people as he waited for his sentence to be read in a Moscow court Tuesday evening. He made the sign of a heart with his hands several times, presumably for his wife of 20 years, Yulia, who sat in the courtroom dressed in red.
February 2, 2021 Putin critic Navalny sentenced to prison A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to more than 2 1/2 years in prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning.
