Moscow and Nur-Sultan renew defense commitments;
Putin takes aim at same-sex marriage;
Turkey tests Russian anti-missile system;
The GRU gears up to sabotage the Tokyo Olympics;
Military cuts on the table;
U.S. charges Russian intelligence officers

Khabarovsk protestors beaten and jailed;
Russia denies cyber attack on Norway's parliament;
Joint space missions coming to an end;
New START negotiations stall;
Moscow pulls out of MH17 talks;
Eyeing Russia, Sweden rearms

The Belarusian opposition feels the heat;
Kamchatka disaster leaves scientists perplexed;
Russian health system under strain as pandemic reality returns;
Russia eyes Kyrgyz protests;
Russia-brokered ceasefire already violated in N-K

Kadyrov and the Navalny poisoning;
Suicide shines spotlight on press freedom in Russia;
A harder line in Berlin;
COVID-19 resurgence in Moscow;
New hypersonic weapon tested in Moscow

Navalny assets seized by authorities;
Navalny poisoned himself, Putin tells Macron;
Yalta mayor fires deputy over Belarus support;
Russia, China conspire at UN over Libya;
Russian hackers to be sentenced in U.S.