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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his speech at the concert marking the eighth anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 18, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian Olympians face backlash after Vladimir Putin rally

Mar. 23, 2022 07:26 AM EDT

Dmytro Pidruchnyi of Ukraine shoots during zeroing in the men's 4x7.5-kilometer relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Ukrainian athletes join military after Russian invasion

By James Ellingworth Mar. 02, 2022 06:47 AM EST

FILE - In this frame from video, Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, holds a sign that reads "No War in Ukraine" after finishing a run at the men's skeleton competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (NBC via AP, File)
Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

By Eddie Pells Feb. 27, 2022 01:13 PM EST

In this frame from video, Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, holds a sign that reads "No War in Ukraine" after finishing a run at the men's skeleton competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (NBC via AP)
Ukraine Olympic team calls for peace, IOC wants no protests

Feb. 13, 2022 05:20 AM EST

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Latest: Biden and Putin depart Geneva after summit

Jun. 16, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2009 file photo, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon with a picture of the late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini in the background, during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei was among the first and most powerful world leaders to suggest the coronavirus could be a biological weapon created by the U.S. (Meisam Hosseini/Hayat News Agency via AP, File)
The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories

By David Klepper, Farnoush Amiri And Beatrice Dupuy Feb. 15, 2021 12:10 AM EST

FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month, Facebook announced this week. Facebook said on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 it took down hundreds of accounts and groups linked to France and Russia accused of “coordinated inauthentic behavior” in CAR as well as other countries in Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Facebook removes French, Russian accounts active in Africa

By Angela Charlton And David Klepper Dec. 17, 2020 11:55 AM EST

FILE - In this June 24, 2020 file photo, soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army march toward Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Chinese and Russian forces will take part in joint military exercises in southern Russia later in September along with troops from Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan and others, China's defense ministry announced Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
China, others to join military exercises in Russia

Sep. 09, 2020 11:44 PM EDT

Andrei Ravkov, the head of State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus looks at his watch as he speaks to the media in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Belarusian authorities opened a criminal case on the charges of plotting a terrorist act against 33 Russian private military contractors detained earlier this week, Security Council secretary Andrei Ravkov said Thursday. The Russian contractors were detained on Wednesday by the Belarusian State Security Committee and accused of planning to destabilize Belarus ahead of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Belarus says Russians plotted terror acts and to spur unrest

By Yuras Karmanau Jul. 30, 2020 05:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo James Robson, a biomedical engineering graduate student, holds a swab and specimen vial in the new COVID-19, on-campus testing lab at Boston University in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
US jabs Russia over claim of spreading virus disinformation

By Eric Tucker And Daria Litvinova Jul. 29, 2020 08:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2020, file photo healthcare workers test patients in their cars at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
US officials say Russia is spreading virus disinformation

By Eric Tucker Jul. 28, 2020 06:04 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden: Trump has failed at home on virus, abroad with Putin

By Bill Barrow And Alexandra Jaffe Jun. 30, 2020 12:31 PM EDT

Russian army officers wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus walk in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Russia has continued to see a steady rise of new infections, and new hot spots have emerged across the vast country of 147-million people that ranks the second in the world behind the United States in the number of coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russia says it scales down war games amid pandemic

May. 19, 2020 11:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. An odd new front in the U.S.-Russian rivalry has emerged as a Russian military cargo plane bearing a load of urgently needed medical supplies landed in New York’s JFK airport. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Russia to the rescue? US, Moscow spar over aid deliveries

By Matthew Lee Apr. 03, 2020 12:46 PM EDT