WASHINGTON – The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Russia Tuesday in response to the poisoning and continued detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the first of several steps the Biden administration plans to take…
“Russian is drifting towards an authoritarian state and driving away from Europe,” E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in announcing the sanctions. “It is interested in confrontation and disengagement from the…
From the glass-enclosed cage used for defendants, he has talked about a salted cucumber recipe and mused about his lonely path — jailed for standing against the regime. He has called the…