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The Kremlin on Friday heatedly denied blame for the presumed death of the mercenary chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, dismissing the idea that the Russian government had destroyed a business jet reportedly carrying Mr. Prigozhin as Western…

Mikhail Khodorkovsky (R), a Putin critic like jailed leader Alexei Navalny (L), says the latter’s party can’t entertain the idea of multiple leaders fighting to dethrone the Russian President. (Image: Reuters)A closed door meeting in…

When Karen Shainyan opened his Facebook page one recent day, it was overflowing with messages reading “Congratulations!”, as if it were his birthday. There were also expressions of sympathy.It took Mr. Shainyan, a Russian gay rights…