For political prisoners, life in Russia’s penal colonies and labor camps is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, insufficient food, poor health care, sleep deprivation and arbitrary rules that are impossible to obey.
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Three Ukrainian soldiers. Two years of war. How their lives changed.
Here are the stories of three Ukrainians who enlisted on Feb. 24, 2022, after two years on the battlefield.
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Body of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny handed over to his mother, aide says
Russia’s most well-known opposition politician unexpectedly died Feb. 16 in an Arctic penal colony, and his family have been fighting for more than a week to have his body returned to them.
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Thousands of Ukrainians live in agony and uncertainty as they search for their missing loved ones
The latest figures from the National Police show that more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine during two years of war.
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Ukraine claims it downed another Russian early warning and control plane in a major blow to Moscow
Ukrainian media carried footage purportedly showing a massive fire that erupted when the big warplane crashed in the Krasnodar region on the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov.
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U.S., Europe pile new sanctions on Russia for Ukraine war anniversary, Navalny death
The U.S. Treasury plans to impose more than 500 new sanctions in the largest single tranche of penalties since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
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Navalny’s mother says she’s resisting pressure to agree to secret burial
On Tuesday, she appealed to Putin to release her son’s remains so that she could bury him with dignity.
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Biden calls Putin ‘crazy SOB’ and takes aim at Trump during fundraiser for 2024 election
Putin called Biden’s remarks ‘an absolutely adequate reaction’ to his earlier statement that Russia would prefer to see Biden win a second term as a more experienced and predictable politician than Trump.
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Alexei Navalny’s mother appeals to Putin to release her son’s body so she can bury him
Russian authorities have said the cause of the Russian dissident’s death is still unknown and refused to release his body for 2 weeks as the preliminary inquest continues.
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White House promises ‘major sanctions’ on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny’s death
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. had not determined how Navalny had died, but insisted that the ultimate responsibility lies with Russian President Vladimir Putin.