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Shop owners fix a door in their shop damaged by shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery at a market in Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said Azerbaijani military targeted a street market in Stepanakert and residential areas of Shushi on Saturday in violation of a mutual pledge not to target residential areas made after talks in Geneva. (AP Photo)

Armenia asks Moscow for help amid Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

In this undated video grab provided released by the Russian Defense Ministry, a Russian Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone is photographed being test-launched, in Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the Poseidon doesn't fall under the New START arms control treaty with the United States, but added that Moscow is ready to discuss it as part of broader talks with Washington on strategic stability. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia offers mutual freeze of nuclear arsenal for one-year extension of last arms treaty with U.S.

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via video conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin proposes yearlong extension of nuclear pact with US

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov via a video call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates his 68th birthday on Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin suggests extending the last U.S.-Russia arms treaty for one year: Kremlin

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Russia approves 2nd virus vaccine after early trials

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Protesters demonstrate in the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Sooronbai Jeenbekov, the embattled president of Kyrgyzstan, has moved to end the political turmoil that followed a disputed parliamentary election, ordering a state of emergency in the capital. Jeenbekov has faced calls to resign by protesters who stormed government buildings after Sunday’s parliamentary vote was reportedly swept by pro-government parties. Protesters freed former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was jailed on charges seen by his supporters as a political vendetta. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Vladimir Putin threatened by China, Turkey as clashes close to home mount

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands during a break in the hearing on his appeal in a court in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taking out of an induced coma and is responsive. Berlin's Charite hospital said Monday that Navalny's condition has further improved, allowing doctors to end the medically induced coma and gradually ease him off mechanical ventilation. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Don’t believe Putin’s lies in Navalny poisoning

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov via a video call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates his 68th birthday on Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Joe Biden playing into Russia’s hands, denies interfering in White House race

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

(Screengrab from video on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/1313778179270737921?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet)

On Putin’s birthday, Russia tests new hypersonic weapon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov via a video call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates his 68th birthday on Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: Joe Biden’s openness to renewing New START ‘key element’ of future cooperation

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov via a video call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates his 68th birthday on Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin sends a mixed message on US election, hedging his bets

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this photo taken from a footage released on Sept. 22, 2020 by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Paratroopers attend a military exercises at the Ashuluk military base in Southern Russia. Russian Air Defense systems successfully repelled aerial strike during joined military drills in the south of Russia. The drills, expected to be held in Black Sea and Caspian sea waters, will take place until September 26th. Belarus, Armenia, China, Pakistan and Myanmar take part in the exercises. (Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Vladimir Putin funds Russia military modernization at record post-Cold War levels

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses members of the Russian Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, at the Big Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin messages Trump over COVID-19 diagnosis, says ‘vitality’ will help him overcome virus: Kremlin

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this handout photo released by Russian Presidential Press Service via Sputnik, Russian President makes a televised address at the 75th session of United Nations General Assembly in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s Putin urges end to sanctions to boost world economy

By DARIA LITVINOVA and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meet in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia. Alexander Lukashenko's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi come a day after an estimated 150,000 people flooded the streets of the Belarusian capital, demanding Lukashenko's resignation. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Belarus leader visits Russia to secure support amid protests

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this August 2020, photo, provided by Alexei Navalny's team, Ksenia Fadeyeva, right, poses for a photo with Alexei Navalny in Tomsk, Russia. Fadeyeva runs the regional headquarters in the Siberian city and is running for the Tomsk city council. Fadeyeva has secured a seat in the city council, according to preliminary results of the regional election that took place on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Andrei Fateyev/Alexei Navalny's team via AP)

Kremlin keeps its grip in elections, but critics make gains

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, speaks at a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Commonwealth of Independent States and Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia says West trying to victimize Moscow over Navalny

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński speaks to The Associated in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Jabłoński said that Poland's government welcomes signals that Germany might stop a controversial gas pipeline project, Nord Stream 2, over the poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

AP Interview: Poland welcomes new German doubts on pipeline

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

In this July 20, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia. Attempts over the years to silence Navalny have all failed so far. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Trump: Still looking into Navalny poison case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a statement about latest developments in the case of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020.Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack and poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 citing new test results. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Russia: Germany has provided no proof of Navalny poisoning

By DARIA LITVINOVA and DAVID RISING - Associated Press