Mercenary leader who led abortive coup likely to be interred in same St. Petersburg cemetery where Putin's parents are buried

Conspiracy theory in Communist Party mouthpiece ignores Russia's death toll, which is double that of its neighbor

Decree obliges anyone working for military or supporting the invasion of Ukraine to sign oath of allegiance to Russia

Over the years, political critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been killed or assaulted in a variety of ways

Preliminary US intelligence assessment says plane was downed by an intentional explosion as revenge for recent rebellion against Putin

Kremlin does nothing to deny widespread assumption that Wagner leader's plane crash was an act of revenge by Putin for leading an aborted uprising

Wagner Group leader killed in plane crash had long ties to the Kremlin as a trusted contractor, caterer and head of a private armed force accused of atrocities

All 10 people on board killed emergency officials said; it is not confirmed that Prigozhin was on the plane, though officials say he is on the manifest

Missiles hit theater and university, Ukraine's president says after arriving in Sweden; Putin meets top general in city briefly taken over by Wagner Group

One of the operatives allegedly tailed Navalny prior to poisoning; the other 3 are from a secret FSB laboratory that reportedly works with poisons