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DARIA LITVINOVA

Deputy of the Moscow City Duma Sergei Mitrokhin (R) speaks with a police officer, during a demonstration called to protest against the creation of the status of "foreign agent" imposed to several independent and opposition media, in central Moscow, on September 4, 2021. (Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
September 5, 2021, 4:01 am
Russians rally against government pressure on independent media
Small demonstration is organized by opposition candidates in upcoming parliamentary election, following designation of some outlets as ‘foreign agents’
By DARIA LITVINOVA
The Antonov An-26 with the same board number #RA-26085 as the missed plane is parked at Airport Elizovo outside Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, November 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Marina Lystseva)
July 6, 2021, 4:31 pm
28 feared dead in Russia as parts of missing plane found
Aviation official says the aircraft ‘practically crashed into a sea cliff’ after disappearing while approaching runway in Russian Far East
By DARIA LITVINOVA
A medical worker holds a vial with Russia's Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease at a vaccination point at the GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
March 9, 2021, 4:20 pm
In first for an EU country, Russia to make its Sputnik V vaccine in Italy
Deal signed for production of 10 million doses this year, starting in July
By Colleen Barry and DARIA LITVINOVA
An employee works with a coronavirus vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia, August 6, 2020. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP)
March 9, 2021, 3:26 pm
Sputnik V vaccine was met with skepticism; now Russia struggles to make enough
Moscow enjoying scientific prestige amid requests for its COVID-19 inoculation shots from across the globe; can it deliver the millions of orders on time?
By DARIA LITVINOVA
In this image made from video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, February 5, 2021. (Babuskinsky District Court via AP)
February 5, 2021, 7:23 pm
Russia expels Swedish, Polish and German diplomats over Navalny rally
EU foreign chief warns Moscow that jailing of opposition leader leaves relations ‘at a low point’
By DARIA LITVINOVA
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a glass cage during a hearing in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, February 2, 2021. (Moscow City Court via AP)
February 2, 2021, 10:05 pm
Putin’s foe Navalny jailed for two-and-a-half years by Moscow court
Prosecutors say anti-corruption campaigner violated probation of contested suspended sentence while recovering in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning
By DARIA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia, July 20, 2019. (Pavel Golovkin/AP)
December 21, 2020, 10:17 pm
Russia opposition leader releases recording of call to his alleged poisoner
Man in recording indicates he was involved in cleaning up Alexei Navalny’s clothes ‘so that there wouldn’t be any traces’ after Putin critic fell into coma mid-flight over Siberia
By DARIA LITVINOVA
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks via video call during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2020. (Aleksey Nikolskyi, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
December 17, 2020, 3:58 pm
Denying poisoning of dissident, Putin says if he wanted him dead, he’d be dead
Russian president says US intelligence is pushing allegations that Kremlin exposed opposition chief Alexei Navalny to Novichok nerve agent; claims activist just seeking publicity
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DARIA LITVINOVA
A Russian medical worker administers a shot of Russia's experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia, September 15, 2020. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP)
November 27, 2020, 12:32 am
Russia says its vaccine dose will cost under $10, less than some competitors
Russian Direct Investment Fund vows two-shot jab will be cheaper for foreign governments than those by Pfizer, Moderna, and free to its citizens
By DARIA LITVINOVA
In this photo taken from a video published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny walks down stairs in a hospital in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for poisoning says his condition improved enough for him to be released from the facility. The Charite hospital in Berlin said Wednesday Sept. 23, 2020 that after 32 days in care, Navalny's condition "improved sufficiently for him to be discharged from acute inpatient care." (Navalny Instagram via AP)
October 1, 2020, 6:10 pm
Russia’s Navalny accuses Putin of being behind his poisoning
Kremlin denies any part in incident, which German Chancellor Merkel called attempted murder
By David Rising and DARIA LITVINOVA
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking in a court room in Moscow, Russia, August 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
August 25, 2020, 4:07 pm
Kremlin: Navalny poisoning accusations ’empty noise’
German doctors confirm cholinesterase inhibitors used on Russian opposition leader, similar to nerve agent used to poison Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain in 2018
By DARIA LITVINOVA and David Rising
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center on stretcher, is transported to a German special medical plane at an airport in Omsk, Russia, Aug. 22, 2020 (AP Photo/Elena Latypova)
August 22, 2020, 7:54 am
Plane carrying comatose Putin critic Alexei Navalny departs Russia for Germany
Kremlin denies resistance to transfer was political; dissident to be treated at specialist facility after suspected poisoning
By daniel kozin and DARIA LITVINOVA
In this file photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
August 21, 2020, 2:43 pm
German doctors gain access in Siberia to Russian opposition leader in coma
Siberian hospital officials assert opposition leader too unstable to be evacuated, while allies assert authorities are stalling to prevent detection of poisoning
By DARIA LITVINOVA
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of security officers standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, December 26, 2019 (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 20, 2020, 9:02 am
Russian opposition politician Navalny in a coma after alleged poisoning
Spokesperson says Putin critic fell ill on flight, is on a ventilator in intensive care, after apparently consuming toxin that was placed in his tea
By DARIA LITVINOVA
Boris Prokoshev, former captain of the ship that delivered explosive chemicals to Beirut, outside Sochi, Russia, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirill Lemekh)
August 7, 2020, 3:20 am
Captain astonished to find out his ship delivered Beirut explosive
Retired Russian mariner says he was abandoned by vessel’s owner in 2013 while transporting the dangerous cargo, stranded in port for 11 months
By DARIA LITVINOVA
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