Tag: Russia
C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON — The director of the C.I.A. said on Thursday that “potential desperation” to extract the semblance of…
Europe Reluctantly Readies Russian Oil Embargo
BRUSSELS — European officials are drafting plans for an embargo on Russian oil products, the most contested measure…
Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee
“We don’t have enough quality apartments for highly educated people with high salaries and high standards,” said Aram…
U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin’s Propaganda Bubble
WASHINGTON — Using a mix of high-tech and Cold War tactics, Ukrainian activists and Western institutions have begun…
War in Ukraine Disrupts Education of Millions of Children
KRAKOW, Poland — Across Ukraine, kindergartens have been bombed, elementary schools have been converted into shelters and in…
Gas Prices Force Biden Into an Unlikely Embrace of Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON — President Biden came into office promising to tackle the planet’s climate crisis. But rising gas prices,…
China’s Echoes of Russia’s Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World
When Twitter put up a warning message atop a Russian government post denying civilian killings in Bucha, Ukraine,…
Israel’s Ukraine Policy Prompts Scrutiny of Russian-Israeli Oligarchs
JERUSALEM — When Avigdor Liberman, Israel’s Soviet-born finance minister, condemned the apparent atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine, this past…
In Mariupol’s Drama Theater, a Cry for ‘Mama!’ That Offered Brief Relief
LVIV, Ukraine — The explosion — deafening, blinding — collapsed the walls around them, and “the moments afterwards…
Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted’
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — As the staging ground for an assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the Chernobyl…
Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia
The last time I was in Russia, the summer of 2015, I came face to face with a…
Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War
Marina Dubrova, an English teacher on the Russian island of Sakhalin in the Pacific, showed an uplifting YouTube…