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In NATO, the United States can boast of an alliance that neither Russia nor China enjoys, says NATO's secretary-general. In an interview with RFE/RL in Brussels on February 20, Jens Stoltenberg said it is in Washington's interest to keep it that way.
After withdrawing from Avdiyivka, Ukrainian units are building defensive positions west of the city. As Current Time's Andriy Kuzakov reports, many Avdiyivka residents have also left. Kyiv accuses Russian forces of shooting eight prisoners of war, posting a video purporting to show one incident.
Russia has labeled Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as an "undesirable organization," according to a registry maintained by the country's Justice Ministry, exposing its journalists and others working with the organization, as well as its donors or those who are interviewed by it, to criminal charges.
More than 67,000 Russian citizens have sent official notes to the country's Investigative Committee demanding that Aleksei Navalny's body be returned to his family, the Meduza news outlet reported, as anger grows over the Russian authorities' refusal to release the Kremlin opponent's body.
The exiled wife of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny has issued a defiant statement vowing to "continue our fight for our country" and urging support ahead of a meeting with EU leaders, as domestic and international outrage mounts over Navalny's death in custody last week.
Some people are too worried what will happen if Ukraine defeats Russia, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes. He compares it to Henry Kissinger's disbelief that the Soviet Union might collapse -- a failure the former U.S. secretary of state later admitted.
If Aleksei Navalny "was a threat to the Russian state," it means that its rulers are weak and insecure, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 17, after Navalny's team confirmed his death in jail.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko believes that the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny represents "Russia's true face." Klitschko mentioned other slain Kremlin critics -- journalist Anna Politkovskaya and politician Boris Nemtsov.
Aleksei Navalny's family and close associates have confirmed his death in an Arctic prison and have demanded his body be handed over, but Russian officials have refused, telling his lawyers and mother that an "investigation" of the causes would only be completed next week.
Hundreds of people protested on February 16 in front of the Russian embassies in several countries after reports of the death of jailed Russian opposition politician and outspoken Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny.
The new head of Ukraine's armed forces was born in Russia, where his parents and brother still live. Current Time sent a film crew to report on the village where Oleksandr Syrskiy grew up and spoke to his parents' neighbors.
The Golovinsky district court in Moscow has begun the retrial of veteran Russian rights defender Oleg Orlov, a co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial human rights center, on a charge of "repeatedly discrediting" Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Interior Ministry has added former member of parliament Magomed Gadzhiyev to its wanted list on unspecified charges.
A Moscow court issued arrest warrants for the self-exiled lawyers of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny -- Olga Mikhailova and Aleksandr Fedulov -- on extremism charges over their association with Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
The Operativnyye Svodki (Operative Data) Telegram channel close to Russian law enforcement structures said on February 14 that police detained a former member of the Yabloko opposition party, Mikhail Sharygin, on extremism charges in the city of Nizhny Novgorod a day earlier.
Self-exiled Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenka told the Novaya gazeta Europe website on February 13 that his father had been officially informed that a criminal case was launched against him on unspecified charges.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office said on February 13 that the Anti-Corruption High Court has nationalized assets in Ukraine belonging to Russian oligarch and former lawmaker Ivan Savvidi.
Moscow has placed Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on Russia's wanted list, the first time a foreign leader has been put on the Interior Ministry's list, for "destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers" as relations between the Kremlin and the West continue to show signs of deteriorating.
Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, has come under daily attack by Russian forces for the past two months. The fighting is taking a toll on animals as well as people. Families describe their pets cowering in fear from the shelling, while local shelters try to treat injured dogs and find their owners.
A Moscow court on February 12 issued an arrest warrant for the spokesman for Facebook's parent company, Meta, accusing him of promoting terrorism.
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