Alec Luhn
Russia Says Security Cameras Weren't Pointing at Nemtsov Shooting — But Blogger's Photo Suggests They Were
An image released by a well-known writer and activist shows a Kremlin camera apparently pointing at the bridge where the opposition leader was gunned down on Friday, contradicting official claims.
Thousands Mourn Boris Nemtsov at Somber March in Moscow
“Fascism has killed a person who was against it,” one demonstrator told VICE News, remembering the slain opposition leader. “They killed a fighter for the truth.”
Russian Opposition Blames Kremlin Propaganda for Killing Boris Nemtsov
Leaders blamed Vladimir Putin for creating an atmosphere of patriotic hysteria and paranoia that inspired the anti-corruption campaigner's drive-by murder.
Escape from Debaltseve: How One Convoy Made It Out of Ukraine's Besieged City
Thousands of Ukrainian troops remain trapped in Debaltseve, which some soldiers have compared to the bloody WWII battle of Stalingrad.
‘Normandy Four’ Meet for 'Last Chance' Negotiations on Ukraine Crisis
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks aimed at reviving the peace process in eastern Ukraine.
Late-Night Talks in Moscow End Without a Ukrainian Peace Plan
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew out of Moscow immediately after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that ended without a breakthrough on the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia Awards Lucrative Crimea Bridge Contract to Putin's Crony
Putin’s childhood friend and judo partner will build a vital $3.3 billion bridge connecting the annexed peninsula of Crimea with mainland Russia.
Drug Addicts Are Dying in Crimea Because They Can't Get Therapy
Russian drug laws mean addicts in Crimea can no longer receive opioid substitution therapy, driving patients onto the streets and adding to a growing HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe.
Pressure on Tatars Continues In Crimea with TV Station Raid
The move is the latest in a string of detentions, deportations, and searches targeting the peninsula’s indigenous Crimean Tatars since Russia annexed the region in March.
New Report Offers More Evidence Separatists Used a Russian Missile to Shoot Down MH17
A citizen journalism project claims new photos offer proof that a Buk missile launcher traveled from Russia to separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.
Thousands of Chechens Rally Against 'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoons as Firebrand Leader Attacks the West
Residents of Russia's mostly Muslim Chechen Republic came out for a huge protest against 'Charlie Hebdo' today, proclaiming the magazine's 'immorality' and their love for the prophet Muhammad.
Putin Saves an Oligarch, Admits He Has a Lover and Deflects Blame for the Ruble Crisis
The Russian leader used his annual press conference to attribute the ruble's plunge in value to Western persecution over Ukraine and an unlucky "external economic situation."