Nataliya Vasilyeva, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, Aidar Gubaidulin waves at the camera as he takes part in a court hearing via a video link in Moscow, Russia. Fourteen Russians have been slapped with charges of rioting stemming from an opposition protest in July in Moscow in a criminal inquiry largely seen as a Kremlin intimidation tactic. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

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Russia’s crackdown on protesters seen as intimidation tactic

by Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressSeptember 2, 2019

MOSCOW — In just a few days, Sergei Abanichev was arrested, thrown in jail and charged with a crime that could keep him behind bars for up to eight years — all, he says, for throwing a paper cup into the air at an opposition protest in Moscow.The…

Inga Kudracheva screams as her boyfriend, Boris Kantorovich, lies atop her while police try to detain him during an unsanctioned protest in Moscow, Saturday.

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Moscow couple shaken but defiant in face of police crackdown

by Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressJuly 31, 2019

FILE - This combination file photo, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 9, 2019, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 28, 2019. When Kim meets with Putin for their first one-on-one meeting, he will have a long wish list and a strong desire to notch a win after the failure of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in February 2019. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Evan Vucci, File)

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Putin, Kim to meet in Russia’s Far East

by Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated Press, and Vladimir Isachenkov Associated PressApril 23, 2019

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year looks through a cage's glass as he speaks to his lawyer in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The lawyer for Paul Whelan who is being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying, said Tuesday that classified Russian materials were found on him when he was arrested. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Lawyer: Suspected US spy had classified docs on him

by Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressJanuary 22, 2019

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to soldiers during a visit to a military base in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday.

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Putin calls Ukraine’s martial law a political trick

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressNovember 29, 2018

A Ukrainian sailor, right, is escorted by a Russian intelligence agency FSB officer to a court room in Simferopol, Crimea, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. The Russians seized the ships and their crews, who are expected to face a court hearing later Tuesday in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. (AP Photo)

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Russia starts prosecuting Ukrainians

by Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated Press, Kate De Pury Associated Press, and Niko Price Associated PressNovember 28, 2018

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Russia: Student gunman kills 17 in Crimea

by Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press, and Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressOctober 17, 2018

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 video grab file image provided by the RT channel on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, a man identified as Alexander Petrov attends his first public appearance in an interview with the RT channel in Moscow, Russia. Investigative group Bellingcat reported Monday Oct. 8, 2018 on its website that the man British authorities identified as Alexander Petrov is actually Alexander Mishkin, a doctor working for the Russian military intelligence unit known as GRU....

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UK poisoning suspect a hero to Russian home village

by Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressOctober 10, 2018

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko looks up during an interview with foreign media, with the portrait of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left in the background, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, May 31, 2018. Arkady Babchenko detailed the deception to reporters Thursday for the first time since Ukrainian authorities revealed they had staged his death to foil an alleged plot on his life by Moscow's security services. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Pool Photo via AP)

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Makeup and pig’s blood

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressMay 31, 2018

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, right, and Vasily Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service speaks to the media during a news conference at the Ukrainian Security Service on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Wednesday less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment building. The country's security services said Babchenko's death was faked to foil a plot to take his life. (AP...

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Russian journalist believed slain turns up alive

by Dmytro Vlasov Associated Press, and Nataliya Vasilyeva Associated PressMay 30, 2018