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U.S. must expose and confront Russia’s criminal behavior

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Russia paying Taliban bounties illustration by The Washington Times

Is Russia paying the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops?

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Russian police raid homes, offices of opposition activists

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of an election commission as he arrives to take part in voting at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The vote on the constitutional amendments that would reset the clock on Russian President Vladimir Putin's tenure and enable him to serve two more six-year terms is set to wrap up Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian officials: 78% of voters back extending Putin’s rule

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In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he leaves Red Square after the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia. Putin is just a step away from bringing about the constitutional changes that would allow him to extend his rule until 2036. The vote that would reset the clock on Putin’s tenure in office and allow him to serve two more six-year terms is set to wrap up Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool, File)

Russian vote on extending Putin’s rule until 2036 nears end

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo, Dec. 19, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. Putin is just a step away from bringing about the constitutional changes that would allow him to extend his rule until 2036. The vote that would reset the clock on Putin’s tenure in office and allow him to serve two more six-year terms is set to wrap up Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Putin a step away from goal as constitutional vote nears end

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears in a televised address to the nation in Khoroshevo, the Tver region, with a monument to World War II Red Army soldiers seen in the background, Russia, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Putin urged voters to cast ballots in a constitutional vote wrapping up Wednesday that could allow him to extend his rule until 2036. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin unveils monument to fallen Red Army WWII soldiers

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during a via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 26, 2020. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin, Macron discuss closer cooperation in video call

By ANGELA CHARLTON and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, watches the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow. Russian authorities seem to be pulling out all the stops to get people to vote on a series of constitutional amendments that would enable President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036 by resetting the clock on his term limits. (Sergei Guneyev, Host Photo Agency via AP, file)

Russia opens polls for vote on extending Putin’s rule

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, leave Red Square after the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the defeat of Nazi Germany at the traditional massive Red Square military parade, which was delayed by more than a month because of the invisible enemy of the coronavirus. The parade is usually held May 9 on Victory Day, Russia's most important secular holiday but was postponed until Wednesday due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

Putin hails Nazi defeat in virus-delayed Red Square parade

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 7, 2019, file photo, Russian military vehicles roll down Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. A massive military parade that was postponed by the coronavirus will roll through Red Square this week to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, even though Russia is continuing to register a steady rise in infections. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Vladimir Putin uses World War II parade to boost support before vote

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Putin offered new social support measures and incentives for business in the run-up to next week's constitutional vote that could extend his rule until 2036. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin hails response to virus, rolls social support measures

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, stands between two WWII veterans as he takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 22, 2020, marking the 79th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin meets with World War II veterans, visits church

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video call on dealing with the aftermath of a fuel spill in the Arctic at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 19, 2020. A power plant in Norilsk leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile region last month, fouling waterways in the area. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin eyes another term, inches closer to president-for-life status

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video call on dealing with the aftermath of a fuel spill in the Arctic at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 19, 2020. A power plant in Norilsk leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile region last month, fouling waterways in the area. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin points to WWII anniversary to urge unity on global issues, meeting of UN Security Council

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Yury Chikhanchin, head of Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Poland says Putin falsifies history to weaken Western allies

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video call on dealing with the aftermath of a fuel spill in the Arctic at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 19, 2020. A power plant in Norilsk leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile region last month, fouling waterways in the area. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin orders officials to fully clean Arctic fuel spill area

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin insists on recognition of USSR’s WWII role

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Russian Rosguardia (National Guard) soldiers wearing face masks and gloves to protect against coronavirus, guard an area on Red Square before a rehearsal of the military parade near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Last month, Putin ordered an end to the nationwide economic shutdown and set dates for the two main events on his agenda that were postponed due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kremlin installs special antiseptic tunnels to protect Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Sberbank Chairman German Gref via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin: U.S. coronavirus response hurt by politics

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times