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Russia under Vladimir Putin

Russian opposition figure and former owner of the Yukos Oil Company Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks during a press conference with Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs at the "Esperanza" hotel in Paunguriai village
Leaders
Russia must change its power structure to get back on a democratic path, opposition figure says
People protest in front of Ukraine’s embassy to Romania in Bucharest on Feb. 24, 2022.
Conflict & Justice
International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
Police officers detain a demonstrator as people gather in front of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. 
Human rights
Kremlin tries to ‘erase a nation’s history’ with shutdown of leading human rights org, Russian politician says
Alexei Navalny wears a plaid shirt and looks a bit startled with his eyes widened at the camera.
Leaders
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s health warrants ‘justified, grave concern,’ says his adviser
In this file photo, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice chairman of Open Russia, testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs about "Civil Society Perspectives on Russia" on Capi
Human rights
Russian opposition politician: ‘Two dictatorships in Europe are two too many’
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with German President Frank Walter Steinmeier
Global Politics
Vladimir Putin’s grudge with Hillary Clinton