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Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, who has been detained by police and charged with unlawfully organizing a public gathering, sits in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Navalny has called for demonstrators to protest on Saturday outside the mayor's office against the rejection of several opposition candidates from the ballot for the Moscow city council elections. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

The Latest: Putin critic sent to hospital for severe allergy

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Police officers detain a woman during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Russian police are wrestling with demonstrators and have arrested hundreds in central Moscow during a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Police officers detain a man prior to an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian police arrest over 1,000 in Moscow election protest

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

A detained protester looks out of a police bus window prior to an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Police have established a heavy presence at the Moscow mayor's office ahead of an expected protest rally and several opposition figures have been detained. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The Latest: Moscow police say over 1,000 arrests in protests

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate on allegations that The League party sought Russian funding, in Rome, Tuesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy PM confirms trust in Salvini in Russian funding case

By by GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the museum of Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (Mikhail Metze, Sputnik/TASS News Agency, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Alexei Navalny detained on Moscow jog after protests

By Rachel Greenland - The Washington Times

This photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 shows a view of the restaurant inside Moscow's iconic Metropol Hotel in Moscow, Russia. The Metropol, across the street from the Bolshoi Theater and 500 meters from Red Square, became a favorite with world leaders and celebrities. In 2009, U.S. President Barak Obama also gave a speech at the hotel. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow’s Metropol: elegance to revolution and back again

By FRANCESCA EBEL - Associated Press

Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska (right), a confidant of President Vladimir Putin, has been on a charm offensive in Washington trying to repair his tarnished image and rid himself and his businesses of U.S. sanctions. (Associated Press/File)

Russia sanctions, not relations, is right policy

By Luke Coffey

Illustration on missile negotiations with Russia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Russia’s arms control trap

By Peter Vincent Pry

People with national flags and various political party flags gather during a protest in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 20, 2019. Masses of people gathered in central Moscow to demand that opposition candidates be included on ballots for an upcoming city parliament election in September. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Barring of Moscow council candidates draws 12,000 to protest

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, smiles as he speaks to local officials upon his arrival to the Zaporizhye region, Ukraine, Thursday, July 18, 2019. Zelenskiy's party is showing the most support in opinion polls ahead of Sunday's snap parliamentary elections, but obtaining a solid majority in the Verkhovna Rada is far from certain. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine’s president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

In this March 29, 2019, photo, a U.S. F-35A fighter jet prepares to land at Chungju Air Base in Chungju, South Korea. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP) **FILE**

U.S. formally kicks Turkey out of F-35 program

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at UN headquarters. (Loey Felipe, UN Photo via AP)

Ukraine language law debate spills into UN Security Council

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Russian opposition candidate Russian and activist Ilya Yashin, center, gestures while speaking to a crowd next to a bas-relief of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, left, during a protest in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 14, 2019. Opposition candidates who run for seats in the city legislature in September's elections have complained that authorities try to bar them from the race by questioning the validity of signatures of city residents they must collect in order to qualify for the race. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian opposition rallies for Moscow election candidates

By MATTHEW BODNER - Associated Press

Top US and Russian diplomats meet, make no visible progress

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks to reporters as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., calls a meeting with all the House Democrats, many wanting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff: Felix Sater failed to cooperate with Intel Committee

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo at the Chigi palace in Rome, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Putin emphasized historically strong ties with Italy during a one-day visit to Rome that included a meeting with Pope Francis. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin asks Italy to help restoring ties with EU, meets Pope

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

The ZALA Lancet drone was presented at the international forum Army 2019 near Moscow. Photo: Courtesy of Kalashnikov Concern.

AK-47 maker Kalashnikov diversifies with Kamikaze drone despite sanctions

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. A fire on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles killed 14 sailors, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday without giving the cause of the blaze or saying if there were survivors. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin pulls out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty amid fears of Cold War-style arms race

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

WADA delivers batch of Russian doping data for possible bans

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press