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Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow's City Court in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. A prominent Russian hard-line nationalist who accused President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was detained on charges of extremism. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian hard-line nationalist ordered to stay in prison after accusing Putin of weakness

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In this handout photo taken from video released by Lefortovo District Court, Robert Shonov walks escorted by officers to the court room at the Lefortovo District Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Robert Shonov, a Russian national who worked at the now-closed U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok for more than 25 years, was detained in the far eastern city and is facing charges of "cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state, international or foreign organization." The charge carries punishment of up to eight years in prison. (Lefortovo District Court via AP)

Former Russian employee at U.S. Consulate charged with spying for Washington

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, background centre, is escorted to the Lefortovsky court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arrest. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeals extension of pretrial detention in Russia

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday, Aug. 24, for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arrest. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Moscow court extends arrest of jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, reports state news agency

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, top, serves food to then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Prigozhin's restaurant outside Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 11, 2011. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (AP Photo/File)

Wagner mercenary leader, Russian mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin

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In this image taken from video, smoke and flames rise from a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board. (AP Photo)

‘A targeted hit’: Suspicion widespread that Putin ordered Prigozhin killing in plane explosion

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Sept. 20, 2010. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Prigozhin’s purported demise seems intended to send a clear message to potential Kremlin foes

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A fighter of the Wagner private military force places flowers at an informal memorial next to the former "PMC Wagner Centre" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Wagner Group members vow revenge for death of mercenary army founder Prigozhin

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image released by Ostorozhno Novosti on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, shows the crash site of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver Region. Officials say a private jet has crashed over Russia, killing all 10 people on board. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, but it wasn't immediately clear if he was on board. (Ostorozhno Novosti via AP)

Mercenary chief Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash seen as the Kremlin’s revenge

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Investigators work at the site of the place where the downed Ukrainian drone fell in Krasnogorsk, just outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, said that two Ukrainian drones were shot down by air defenses on western outskirts of the Russian capital early Tuesday. (Moscow News Agency via AP)

Russia launches 3-hour drone attack on Odesa as Ukrainian drones target Moscow again

By Susie Blann - Associated Press

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, left, walks with Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu during the welcoming ceremony at the Victoria palace, the Romanian government headquarters, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)

Neighbors Ukraine and Romania sign accord to boost Kyiv’s grain exports through Romanian territory

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In this handout photo released by Belarusian Presidential Press Office, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and China's Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, right, speak during their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Belarusian Presidential Press Office via AP)

China’s defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Administration Press Office, a granary destroyed in a Russian drone attack at night is seen in a Danube port near Odesa, Ukraine, early hours Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (Odesa Regional Administration Press Office via AP)

Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv’s new Black Sea corridor

By Hanna Arhirova and Susie Blann - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers ride all-terrain vehicles at the front line near Bakhmut, one of the longest battles with Russian troops, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russia unleashes a missile barrage on Ukraine, killing and wounding civilians

By Illia Novikov and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a petrol station on a road near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, Russia, late Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

Massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s Dagestan kills 35 and injures scores more

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Gershkovich, a reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, appeared in court Thursday to appeal his extended detention. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

U.S. ambassador to Russia visits jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

Police and emergency vehicles parked at the side of the wreckage of the drone fell near the Karamyshevskaya embankment to the after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin said a drone fell in western Moscow after it was shot down by air defense systems. Sobyanin said no-one was hurt when the drone fell near Karamyshevskaya embankment and that no serious damage was caused. Russian social media channels shared videos of what they said was a drone flying low above Moscow and of smoke rising above the Moscow river. (AP Photo)

Russia downs 20 drones over Crimea following a spate of attacks on Moscow

By Susie Blann - Associated Press

A plastic tent, right, covers a cleaning apparatus in Reactor Block 2 of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant to catch a small amount of still leaking radioactive gas in Paks, Hungary, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of Budapest on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Hungary, which maintains close ties to Russia, is fully dependent on Moscow to provide fuel for its four-reactor nuclear power plant. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)

Putin profits off U.S. and European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel

By Martha Mendoza and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, Russian soldiers ride atop an armoured vehicle through a street in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia, with a destroyed tank is seen in the foreground. The Russian military quickly routed the Georgian army during the August 2008 war. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in an interview broadcast by Russian state television Tuesday Aug. 7, 2018, on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war, issued a stern warning that incorporating Georgia into NATO is a &quot;threat to peace&quot; and could trigger a new &quot;horrible&quot; conflict. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)

U.S., 5 Western nations demand Russia return regions it took from neighboring Georgia 15 years ago

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, a Russian multiple rocket launcher fires toward Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian officials say 2 drones approaching Moscow were shot down overnight, blame Ukraine

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