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Counting Russia’s War Dead in Ukraine

Amid doubts about Moscow’s true war losses, Russian data journalists and volunteers use news articles, tombstone photographs and other open-source information to tally the Russian…

Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War

The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions. With the war going poorly for Russia, that could…

Putin Will Not Hold His Annual Year-End Conference

It would be the first time in a decade that the Russian president has skipped the annual event, and follows a series of significant military…

Russian Anti-War Activists Seek Common Goals (When They’re Not Bickering)

Almost 300 activists, many young and from the diaspora, gathered to try to forge a common path, beyond struggling against Vladimir Putin and the war…

For Putin’s Opponents, Exile From Russia Proves a Boon

The political network of Aleksei A. Navalny, the imprisoned opposition leader, had seemingly been crushed. But working from abroad, the Navalny team is using YouTube…

Russia’s War Hawks Step Up Criticism of the Military Over Kherson Withdrawal

Even Vladimir Putin and the Russian government were targets, but there was no evidence that the volume of blame would be a real liability.

Putin’s Name Is Absent as Russians Discuss Retreat in Ukraine

Big decisions in Moscow are Vladimir Putin’s to make, but the Kremlin and state media are distancing him from the setback in Kherson and downplaying…

Drones Embody an Iran-Russia Alliance Built on Hostility to the U.S.

Authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Tehran have in common international isolation, domestic crisis and conflict with the West.

Russia’s Draft Sends Barely Trained Men to War in Ukraine

Newly mobilized recruits are already at the front in Ukraine, a growing chorus of reports says, fighting and dying after only days of training.

Putin Blames Ukraine For Crimea Bridge Blast, Calling It ‘Terrorism’

Mr. Putin’s remarks were his first about Saturday’s explosion on the Kerch Strait Bridge.