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A view the Red Square with the Historical Museum, right, and the Kremlin Towers in the background in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Forbes journalist in Russia has been detained for posts criticizing the military, his lawyer says

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This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024, shows Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister, in Moscow. Ivanov, a top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Ivanov, one of Russia's 12 deputy defense ministers, was sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Top Russian military official appears in court on bribery charges

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A Russian officer who goes by Yevgeny speaks during an interview at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023. He had a friend shoot him in the leg so he could get out off the frontline in Ukraine. "Many of my friends have died. And these were really good guys who didn't want to fight," he said. "But there was no way out for them." (AP Photo)

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers practice on a tank during military training in Ukraine on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) **FILE**

U.S. debate on Ukraine contentious at best; lack of clear vision on victory over Russia breeds doubt

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A church personnel salvages items while helping clean up inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral after it was heavily damaged in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s south

By Felipe Dana - Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Russia’s Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are surrendering their weapons to the military

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This undated photograph provided by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, in northern Mali. The Russian mercenary group that briefly rebelled against President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses. That dynamic is not expected to change now that the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been exiled to Belarus as punishment for the failed rebellion. Neither Russia nor the African leaders dependent on Wagner’s fighters have any interest in ending their relationships. (French Army via AP, File)

Fog of war: Crumbling Russian morale gives rare opening for Ukraine’s counteroffensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this grab taken from video and released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, June 23, 2023. The armed rebellion by a powerful mercenary group against the Russian military was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy’s ranks was an unexpected morale-boosting gift for Ukraine – at a time when its armed forces needed it the most. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on monitors as he addresses the nation after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, called for armed rebellion and reached the southern city of Rostov-on-Don with his troops, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. The armed rebellion by a powerful mercenary group against the Russian military was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy’s ranks was an unexpected morale-boosting gift for Ukraine – at a time when its armed forces needed it the most. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Chaos in Russia is morale booster for Ukraine as it pushes on with early stages of counteroffensive

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Members of the Wagner Group military company load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. (AP Photo, File)

Uneasy calm, uncertain future as rattled Putin denounces ‘treacherous’ uprising

By Mike Glenn, David R. Sands and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man takes down the poster with writing reading "Join us at Wagner", which is associated with the owner of the Wagner private military contractor, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is seen above a highway on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia's security services have responded to mercenary chief Prigozhin's declaration of an armed rebellion by calling for his arrest. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin took the threat, security was heightened in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and other regions. (AP Photo)

Russian mercenaries’ short-lived revolt could have long-term consequences for Putin

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Russian servicemen guard an area standing in front of a tank in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia's security services have responded to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's declaration of an armed rebellion by calling for his arrest. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin took the threat, security was heightened in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and other regions. (Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant Publishing House via AP)

Wagner Group chief calls off rebellion in Russia, troops stop advance on Moscow

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from video, people gather to look at military vehicles parked in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia's security services have responded to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's declaration of an armed rebellion by calling for his arrest. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin took the threat, security was heightened in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and other regions. (AP Photo)

Live Updates | Armed rebellion by Russian mercenary chief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, shows a Ukrainian tank being hit by a Russian missile. The Russian military said it destroyed several German-made Leopard tanks while fending off an attempted Ukrainian offensive, the claim that couldn't be independently verified. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Moscow says helicopters hit German tanks in Ukraine; analysts say they were tractors

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Japanese Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Monday, May 30, 2022. Japan on Friday, May 26, 2023, approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to Russian military-related organizations. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan adopts new sanctions on Russia, criticizes its deal to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this handout image taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, May 12, 2023, head of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin makes a video statement from an unknown location. In a video statement Friday, Prigozhin mocked the Russian Defense Ministry's report claiming that its forces regrouped to take more favorable positions, saying they effectively fled and "our flanks are crumbling." (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)

Wagner mercenary boss suggests Russia may have downed its own military aircraft

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo, file)

No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries amid Ukraine war

Associated Press

A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Escalation? Dramatic collision of Russian jet, U.S. drone fuels fear of direct conflict

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, Russian soldiers take part in drills at an unspecified location in Belarus. After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country's railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyse the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Anti-Russia guerrillas in Belarus take on ‘two-headed enemy’

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Russian army soldiers practice on a military training ground in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia suffers highest casualty rate over past two weeks since start of war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times