Alexey Navalny
FILE- A man walks by the Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Russian athletes are competing under the acronym ROC, for Russian Olympic Committee, for the third time. The national colors and flag are banned by the International Olympic Committee because of a massive state-sponsored doping operation during the 2014 Sochi Games, which Russia hosted. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
At Olympics and beyond, getting away with it is Russia's way

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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)
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FILE - In this June 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden arrives for the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit

By Jonathan Lemire And Vladimir Isachenkov Jun. 16, 2021 12:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden arrives for the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit

By Jonathan Lemire And Vladimir Isachenkov Jun. 15, 2021 01:05 PM EDT

U.S. President Joe Biden takes off his protective facemask prior to speaking with the media during arrival for the EU-US summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The Latest: Pro-Navalny protest in Geneva on eve of summit

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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden step off Air Force One at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
In UK for first foreign trip, Biden to announce vaccine plan

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FILE - In this March 10, 2011, file photo, then Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Face to face: June summit for Biden, Putin as tensions rise

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, Pool)
Top US, China and Russia diplomats urge global cooperation

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Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, poses with Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at the start of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London Tuesday May 4, 2021. G7 foreign ministers meet in London Tuesday for their first face-to-face talks in more than two years. (Steve Reigate / Pool via AP)
G7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after pandemic pause

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President Joe Biden leads his recent predecessors in the number of executive orders issued in his first 100 days. (AP Graphic)
Biden's first 100 days: Where he stands on key promises

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People with Russian national flags attend the opposition rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Police across Russia have detained large numbers of people in connection with demonstrations in support of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to a human rights group. (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev)
Navalny hails rallies; doctors urge him to end hunger strike

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A man holds a poster reads "Freedom for Navalny" during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Police across Russia have arrested more than 180 people in connection with demonstrations in support of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to a human rights group. Navalny's team called the unsanctioned demonstrations for Wednesday after reports that his health is deteriorating while on hunger strike, which he began March 31. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Putin vows a 'quick and tough' Russian response for its foes

By Vladimir Isachenkov Apr. 21, 2021 05:35 AM EDT

The penal colony with a hospital for convicts, located in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 19, 2021. The Russian state penitentiary service said opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be admitted to the hospital in another prison after the politician's doctor said he could be near death. Navalny is in the third week of a hunger strike. The prison service also said Monday that Navalny had agreed to take vitamin therapy. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)
Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike

By Daria Litvinova Apr. 19, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

In this handout photo released by Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol in her twitter.com/SobolLubov account, Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol wearing in t-short with the words reading "where is the criminal case for the poisoning of Navalny?" makes a selfie in front of Russian Federal Bailiffs service officers in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Sobol, a top associate of Russia's imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of trespassing Thursday and handed a suspended sentence of one year community service after she tried to doorstep an alleged security operative believed to be involved in Navalny's poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent. (twitter.com/SobolLubov via AP)
Top associate of Navalny convicted of trespassing in Russia

By Daria Litvinova Apr. 15, 2021 06:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil. Putin and Xi have developed strong personal ties helping bolster a “strategic partnership” between the two former Communist rivals. (Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik, Kremlin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer

By Vladimir Isachenkov And Ken Moritsugu Apr. 07, 2021 04:56 AM EDT

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard poses in Paris, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Agnes Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extra-judicial killings. The French human rights expert's focus on rights abuses is taking on new dimensions as she assumes leadership of Amnesty International and turns her attention to what she says is one of the world's most pressing rights issues — vaccine equity. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
'We failed the test' of COVID-19, says human rights champion

By Lori Hinnant Apr. 06, 2021 07:00 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Council for Interethnic Relations via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Leaders of Russia, France, Germany discuss global crises

By Vladimir Isachenkov Mar. 30, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on social and economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol, via video conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Kremlin: Putin's offer of a call with Biden was to save ties

By Vladimir Isachenkov Mar. 19, 2021 09:26 AM EDT

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
US-Russia ties nosedive after Biden-Putin tit-for-tat

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