Articles written by Jim Heintz & Dasha Litvinova


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  • Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin's fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

    JIM HEINTZ and DASHA LITVINOVA|Feb 16, 2024

    Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news — less than a month before an election that will give Putin another six years in power — brought renewed criticism and outrage from world leaders toward at the Russian president who has suppressed opposition at home. After initially allowing people to lay flowers at...

  • Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Putin to meet as tensions soar

    JIM HEINTZ and DASHA LITVINOVA|Feb 20, 2022

    MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, on Saturday called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and seek resolution to the crisis. "I don't know what the president of the Russian Federation wants, so I am proposing a meeting," Zelenskyy said at the Munich Security Conference, where he also met with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. Zelenskyy said Russia could pick the l...