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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Lavrov said in an interview published Wednesday that relations with the United States are now even worse than during the Cold War times because of a lack of mutual respect. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia rejects Ukraine’s push to revise 2015 peace deal

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol arrives at the court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 26, 2021. Sobol was detained on Wednesday morning, ahead of a nationwide protest in support of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and charged with violating protest regulations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian authorities suspend operations of Navalny’s offices

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ** FILE **

Kremlin says Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will meet this summer

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

This handout photo taken from a video released on Friday, April 23, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows the Russian military's armored vehicles roll into landing vessels after drills in Crimea. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases after a massive military buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian troops start pulling back from Ukrainian border

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

This photo released on Thursday, April 22, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows Russian military vehicles preparing for loading into a plane for airborne drills during maneuvers in Crimea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) ** FILE **

Russia orders troop pullback, but keeps weapons near Ukraine

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Car of Russia's ambassador to Prague, Aleksandr Zmeyevsky is parked in front of the Foreign Ministry in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The ambassador was summoned by newly appointed Foreign Minister Kulhanek to be handed the Czech protest against the Russian expulsion move, which the Czechs consider disproportionate, saying it has paralyzed the Czech Embassy in Moscow following the fierce diplomatic crisis over allegations that Russian agents were involved in a massive Czech ammunition depot explosion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs expel more Russians in dispute over 2014 depot blast

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Putin's state-of-the-nation speech comes amid a new surge in tensions with the West over a Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and a hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny protesting a lack of adequate medical treatment in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Putin vows a ‘quick and tough’ Russian response for its foes

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. A hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cast a spotlight on the country’s prison system that critics say is built on fear and torment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Top Navalny associates detained ahead of protests

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

Russian policemen stand in preparation for a possible opposition rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers (3,800 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Navalny's team has called for nationwide protests on Wednesday following reports that the politician's health was deteriorating in prison, where he has been on hunger strike since March 31. Russian authorities have stressed that the demonstrations were not authorized and warned against participating in them. (AP Photo/Igor Volkov)

Over 1,000 reported arrested at Navalny rallies in Russia

By JIM HEINTZ and DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Russia's ambassador to Prague, Aleksandr Zmeyevsky leaves the Foreign Ministry in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The ambassador was summoned by newly appointed Foreign Minister Kulhanek to be handed the Czech protest against the Russian expulsion move, which the Czechs consider disproportionate, saying it has paralyzed the Czech Embassy in Moscow following the fierce diplomatic crisis over allegations that Russian agents were involved in a massive Czech ammunition depot explosion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs to Russia: Let our diplomats back or more of yours go

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

People clash with police during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. A human rights group that monitors political repression said at least 400 people were arrested across the country in connection with the protests. Many were seized before protests even began, including two top Navalny associates in Moscow. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

More than 400 reported arrested in Navalny rallies across Russia

By Jim Heintz and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

This handout photo released on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian navy ships are seen during navy drills in the Black Sea. Russia has insisted that it has the right to close areas of the Black Sea for foreign naval ships and rejected Ukrainian and Western criticism of the move. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia defends foreign navy limits amid buildup near Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and the new U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan shake hands during a ceremony to receive credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Russia in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia. Sullivan said he was heading home for consultations and would return to Moscow in the nearest weeks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

US ambassador in Moscow heads home for consultations

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 and provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sits in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. A hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cast a spotlight on the country’s prison system that critics say is built on fear and torment. Navalny was transferred Sunday, April 18, 2021 from his prison colony to a hospital in another prison amid reports about his declining health that drew international outrage. Nearly 520,000 inmates occupy Russia’s prison system - numerically by far the largest prison population in Europe. Most of the prisons are collective colonies, a system dating back to the Soviet Gulag era, with workshops and inmates sleeping in dormitories. (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP, File)

Russia’s feared prisons follow system from Soviet Gulag era

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

In this Feb. 16, 2021, file photo taken from footage provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia. Several doctors were prevented Tuesday, April 20, from seeing Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike, and prosecutors also detailed a sweeping, new case against his organization. (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP, File)

Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Jailed Navalny to be moved to a hospital in another prison

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Putin and Xi have developed strong personal ties helping bolster a “strategic partnership” between the two former Communist rivals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Joe Biden invites Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin to climate change summit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since March 31, described threats to force-feed him, using &quot;straitjacket and other pleasures,&quot; in a message from behind bars Friday, April 16. In an Instagram post, Navalny said an official told him that a blood test indicated his health was deteriorating and threatened to force-feed him if he continues to refuse to eat. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

U.S.: Russia could face ‘consequences’ over treatment of jailed dissident Navalny

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US expels Russian diplomats, imposes sanctions for hacking

By ERIC TUCKER and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 1, 2021 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Human Rights ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Hit by a barrage of new sanctions from the Biden administration, the Kremlin is carefully weighing its response in a tense showdown with the United States. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Kremlin says U.S. has an ‘obsession’ with sanctions

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times