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Opposition leader and Putin foe Alexei Navalny dies in prison

by Jim Heintz Associated Press, Dasha Litvinova Associated Press, and Emma Burrows Associated PressFebruary 16, 2024

Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said….

FILE - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989. Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)

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Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dead at 91

by Jim Heintz Associated PressAugust 30, 2022

In this handout photo taken from video released by Investigative Committee of Russia on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, investigators work on the site of explosion of a car driven by Daria Dugina outside Moscow. Daria Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin, the Russian nationalist ideologist often called "Putin's brain", was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday. The Investigate Committee branch for the Moscow region said the Saturday night blast...

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Car blast kills daughter of man known as ‘Putin’s brain’

by Jim Heintz Associated PressAugust 21, 2022

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom ater a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Thursday.

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WNBA’s Griner sentenced to 9 years

by Jim Heintz Associated PressAugust 4, 2022

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner holds up a photo of players from the recent all star game wearing her number, sitting in a cage at a court room prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 15, 2022. Griner was arrested in February at the Russian capital's Sheremetyevo Airport when customs officials said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. She has been jailed since then, facing up to...

Brittney Griner had doctor’s note for cannabis use, lawyer says

by Jim Heintz Associated PressJuly 15, 2022

FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The drug possession trial of WNBA star Griner has resumed, with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what she has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner, who pleaded guilty last week, did not testify as...

WNBA’s Griner gets support at trial from character witnesses

by Jim Heintz Associated PressJuly 14, 2022

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court on Thursday amid a growing chorus of calls for Washington to do more to secure her release nearly five months after being arrested on drug charges. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

WNBA’s Griner pleads guilty at her drug trial in Russia

by Jim Heintz Associated PressJuly 7, 2022

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday.

WNBA’s Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court

by Jim Heintz Associated PressJuly 1, 2022

Stanislav, 40, says goodbye to his son David, 2, and his wife Anna, 35, on a train to Lviv at the Kyiv station, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3. 2022. Stanislav is staying to fight while his family is leaving the country to seek refuge in a neighbouring country. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on fire after shelling

by Jim Heintz Associated Press, Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Mstyslav Chernov Associated PressMarch 3, 2022

Displaced Ukrainians take shelter in an auditorium in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russian forces have escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas in what Ukraine's leader called a blatant campaign of terror. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Russians besiege Ukrainian ports as armored column stalls

by Jim Heintz Associated Press, Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press, and Dasha Litvinova Associated PressMarch 2, 2022