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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to top Interior Ministry officials in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Putin urged the Interior Ministry to track down those who draw children to unsanctioned demonstrations. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin says Russia will respond to new Western sanctions

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Instagram network aimed to mislead Russians during pro-Navalny protests: Facebook

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia threatens to retaliate against U.S. sanctions as White House responds to Navalny poisoning

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow: Reports

Associated Press

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A Moscow court on Saturday considered Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence as the country faced a top European rights court's order to free the most prominent Kremlin foe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kremlin critic Navalny sent to prison outside Moscow

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this photo taken from a footage provided by the Babuskinsky District Court Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, enters a cage to attend a hearing on his charges for defamation in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is accused of defaming a World War II veteran who was featured in a video last year advertising constitutional amendments that allowed an extension of President Vladimir Putin's rule. (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP)

European human rights court demands Russia release Navalny

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia says it’s open to better ties with EU despite chill

Associated Press

A demonstrator shines his cellphone flashlight as an other waves a poster reads &quot;I'm not afraid, Freedom for Navalny&quot; during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. When the team of jailed Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced a protest in a new format, urging people to come out to their residential courtyards on Sunday and shine their cellphone flashlights, many responded with jokes and skepticism. (Evgeny Feldman/Meduza via AP)

Pro-Navalny ‘flashlight’ protests light up Russian cities

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia says it’s ready for split if EU imposes new sanctions

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

This image taken from a video filmed by Dmitry Shelomentsev shows, a group of detained people inside the deportation centre Sakharovo, 70km (43,7 miles) south-west of Moscow which was urgently transformed into a detention center in the absence of prison space, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Dmitry Shelomentsev was among those who had to wait in a police bus for hours at Sakharavo before being taken in. Sentenced to 15 days in jail for participating in the Tuesday rally, Shelomentsev messaged the AP reporter on Feb. 4, 2021 morning from a cell for eight inmates where 28 people were held, awaiting transfer to smaller ones. (Dmitry Shelomentsev via AP)

Moscow’s jails overwhelmed with detained Navalny protesters

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's lawyer Olga Mikhailova arrives to the Babuskinsky district court for the continuation of his trial, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. A Moscow court resumes the trial against Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny on the charges of defamation. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia expels EU diplomats over Navalny as tensions rise

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, file photo, detained protesters walk escorted by police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia. A prison sentence for Navalny and a sweeping crackdown on protesters demanding his release reflect the Kremlin’s steely determination to fend off threats to its political monopoly at any cost. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Kremlin: Thousands of arrests at Navalny protests a necessary response

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this file photo taken from a video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, a rocket launches from a missile system as part of the drills, a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

‘New Start’: Biden moves ahead with U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty extension despite GOP complaints

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 file photo, police officers detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia. A prison sentence for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and a sweeping crackdown on protesters demanding his release reflect the Kremlin’s steely determination to fend off threats to its political monopoly at any cost. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

EXPLAINER: How Russia has tried to stem pro-Navalny protests

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Illustration on U.S./Russia relations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship is dangerous. Biden should rein in tensions

By Lyle J. Goldstein

In this handout photo taken from a footage provided by Moscow City Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows a heard symbol standing in the cage during a hearing to a motion from the Russian prison service to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years for violating the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission. (Moscow City Court via AP)

Russia rejects Western criticism over Navalny’s prison term

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by Moscow City Court Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (center) talks to one of his lawyers, left, while standing in the cage during a hearing to a motion from the Russian prison service to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Moscow City Court via AP)

Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny to prison

By Daria Litvinova and Vladimir Isachenkov - 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 the talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Charles Richard, U.S. Strategic Command chief: Nuclear war with China or Russia ‘real possibility’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Police officers stand blocking enter to the central square in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. As part of a multipronged effort by the authorities to discourage Russians from attending Sunday's demonstrations, the Prosecutor General's office ordered the state communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, to block the calls for joining the protests on the internet. (AP Photo/Aleksander Khitrov)

More than 5,100 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia

By Jim Heintz and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Taliban visit Moscow, voice hope US will honor peace deal

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press