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@nytimes correspondent focusing on Russia & Ukraine. Formerly @WashingtonPost @WSJ in Washington, Moscow, London. RT ≠ endorsement. [email protected]

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At least one in four Russian convicts sent to the front from a Chelyabinsk prison were killed. Most who lived suffered serious injuries. An incredibly in-depth look, led by Anatoly Kurmanaev, at how Russia's convict recruitment tore through one prison: nytimes.com/2023/12/04/wor…

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'Before, they didn’t take the older ones, now they take everyone anyway.' In Russia, Valerie Hopkins attends the funeral of a man drafted at the age of 49. nytimes.com/2023/12/01/wor…

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How Russian pop stars who took a moral stand against the war in Ukraine are trying to retool careers in exile. With ⁦Alex Marshall⁩: nytimes.com/2023/11/24/wor…

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Speaker Johnson acknowledged to Senate Republicans behind closed doors just now that his position on Ukraine may have to change now that he’s speaker and is representing more than just his constituents in Louisiana, per Sen. Mullin.

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Breaking News: Russia detained Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, on charges of failing to register as a “foreign agent,” her U.S. employer said.
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Lavrov is currently giving a press conference to Russian reporters in Johannesburg at the BRICS summit. So far no one has asked him about Prigozhin.

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“The ruble exchange rate is only an indicator... It is screaming that the economy is very badly balanced, that it’s not functioning properly — and do something, because later on it will be worse.” excellent dispatch on 🇷🇺 by Paul Sonne w me and Janis Kluge
nytimes.com/2023/08/10/bus…

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NEW: Jolted by a mutiny, Putin starts working crowds. Though his public interactions pale by comparison to most politicians, for him it is a big shift. nytimes.com/2023/08/05/wor…

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Алексею Навальному дали 19 лет особого режима.

Alexey Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in maximum security colony.

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And here is Victor Bout, described as an 'entrepreneur,' offering his analysis of the Russia-Africa summit. He was described in the schedule as a 'front row participant.'

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At the last Russia-Africa summit in Sochi in 2019, Putin received 45 heads of state or government. This year, he is expecting only 21 -- a poor turnout the Kremlin is blaming in part on 'outrageous' US interference. With Declan Walsh: nytimes.com/2023/07/26/wor…

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African leaders are flying to Russia for a big summit tomorrow. But there's only half as many big names as the last Africa gathering — a sign that all is not rosy with President Vladimir Putin.
Today's story with Paul Sonne nytimes.com/2023/07/26/wor…

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One top commander has disappeared. Another was killed in an airstrike. Another accused his leadership of treachery after being fired. And a fourth former commander was gunned down while out on a jog. It’s hard days for the Russian military: nytimes.com/2023/07/12/wor…

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One top commander has disappeared. Another was killed in an airstrike. Another accused his leadership of treachery after being fired. And a fourth former commander was gunned down while out on a jog. It’s hard days for the Russian military: nytimes.com/2023/07/12/wor…

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I had a chat with our new news podcast The Headlines about Prigozhin’s meeting with Putin and what we know and don’t know: nytimes.com/column/the-hea…

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More than a year after it was liberated, Bucha has been physically transformed. Yet behind the veneer of revitalization, the pain that suffused the town during the horror of Russian occupation still lingers. ⁦Megan Specia⁩ ⁦⁦Саня Чубко⁩ nytimes.com/2023/07/08/wor…

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Putin held a lengthy meeting with Prigozhin and his top commanders from the Wagner private military company just five days after the group launched a brief mutiny, Kremlin reveals. ⁦Paul Sonne⁩ nytimes.com/2023/07/10/wor…

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How Russian fencers who left in protest of Ukraine invasion are roiling the country’s elite sport: nytimes.com/2023/07/08/spo…

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It’s been 100 days since Evan Gershkovich was unjustly detained in Russia for doing his job. 

This story reveals the clandestine FSB unit behind his arrest, also believed responsible for helping to detain former Marines Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed.

wsj.com/articles/fsb-e…

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