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Dasha Litvinova

(L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace on February 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
February 18, 2025, 2:36 pm
Top Russian and US officials discuss ending Ukraine war, but Kyiv not at the table
Ukrainian president says his country won’t accept any outcome; European allies fear they could be left out of efforts to resolve Russia’s 3-year-old invasion of neighbor
By Matthew Lee, BARAA ANWER and Dasha Litvinova
The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Azamat Sarsenbayev)
December 25, 2024, 4:15 pm
Azerbaijani airliner with 67 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan, leaving 32 survivors
Russian aviation authority says plane crash caused by bird strike; videos show steep descent and fireball upon impact; both pilots believed dead
By Katie Marie Davies and Dasha Litvinova
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting, discussing measures in response to the terrorist attacks at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, March 25, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 26, 2024, 12:20 am
Putin concedes Moscow attack carried out by ‘radical Islamists,’ links them to Kyiv
As hunt for masterminds behind the deadly concert hall massacre continues, Russia’s president again accuses Ukraine of being involved in ‘bloody intimidation act’
By Dasha Litvinova
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
March 18, 2024, 4:18 am
Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt, even amid some protest
Longtime Russian president easily secures fifth term, facing only token challengers and harshly suppressed opposition voices
By Emma Burrows, Dasha Litvinova and Jim Heintz
Preliminary voting results in the Russian presidential election are displayed on a screen at the Central Election Commission in Moscow on March 17, 2024. (STRINGER / AFP)
March 17, 2024, 11:54 pm
Polls close in Russia, as Putin set to extend rule with 87% of votes in early count
In victory speech, president hails sign of ‘trust’ in leadership, winning election against three token rivals after brutally crushing any meaningful opposition
By Emma Burrows and Dasha Litvinova
Workers carry the coffin and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo)
March 1, 2024, 10:05 pm
Putin foe Navalny buried in Moscow as thousands attend under heavy police presence
No arrests reported at Kremlin critic’s funeral, which several churches refused to host; authorities still haven’t announced cause of death
By Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies
February 20, 2024, 7:09 pm
Navalny’s mother begs Putin to hand over his body
Five days after her dissident son’s death, Lyudmila Navalnaya petitions Russian president to allow her to bury him ‘like a human being’
By Emma Burrows and Dasha Litvinova
Masha Gessen attends the 68th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 15, 2017 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images via AFP)
December 9, 2023, 2:59 am
Moscow puts prominent Russian-US journalist on wanted list for criminal charges
Amid crackdown against dissent in Russia, award-winning author and outspoken Putin critic Masha Gessen added to list following interview on Russian atrocities in Ukraine
By Dasha Litvinova
This image taken from UGC video shows smoke rising from the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, September 22, 2023. (Crimean Telegram channel via AP)
September 22, 2023, 9:31 pm
Ukraine strikes Russia’s naval headquarters in Crimea
Russian defense ministry reports one serviceman missing in missile attack on Sevastopol after initially saying he was killed
By SAMYA KULLAB and Dasha Litvinova
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 13, 2023, 1:31 pm
North Korea’s Kim views launchpads with Putin, vows support for Russia’s ‘just fight’
Leaders of pariah nations speak for 4-5 hours at summit that US has warned could lead to an ammunition deal for Moscow’s Ukraine invasion, as Pyongyang seeks help with satellites
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Dasha Litvinova
In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, People gather in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, portrait in center, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Once deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, Nemtsov was a popular politician and harsh critic of Putin. On a cold February night in 2015, he was gunned down by assailants on a bridge adjacent to the Kremlin as he walked with his girlfriend in a death that sent shockwaves across the country. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)
August 26, 2023, 3:01 am
Nerve agents, poison and window falls: How Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
Litvinenko, Navalny, Nemtsov, Politkovskaya, Prigozhin… Over the years, a stream of political critics, turncoat spies, investigative journalists have been murdered or assaulted
By Dasha Litvinova
Lilia Chanysheva gestures as she is standing in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo)
June 14, 2023, 2:34 pm
Associate of Kremlin foe Navalny sentenced to 7.5 years in Russian prison
Lilia Chanysheva, who used to head jailed opposition leader’s office in region of Bashkortostan, found guilty of promoting extremism
By Dasha Litvinova
This image (left) taken from video released by the Russian Investigative Committee on May 6, 2023, shows the site of the exploded car of Russian writer and publicist Zakhar Prilepin (right) in the region of Nizhny Novgorod. (Russian Investigative Committee; AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 6, 2023, 5:40 pm
Pro-Kremlin novelist wounded, driver killed, in Russia car blast
Zakhar Prilepin said to have been returning to Moscow from Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions; incident marks third such bombing since start of Ukraine invasion
By Dasha Litvinova
Russian police detain an antiwar protester in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, September 24, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
February 19, 2023, 12:50 pm
Russia after a year of war: Critics purged and nationalism soaring
As death toll of war in Ukraine rises, ordinary civilians are facing growing repression at home as families are ripped apart by mobilization
By Dasha Litvinova
A helicopter drops water to stop fire on Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, October 8, 2022. (AP Photo)
October 11, 2022, 10:24 am
Kremlin war hawks demand Russia step up strikes on Ukraine
Moscow pummeled key Ukrainian cities on Monday in response to Kerch Bridge explosion; senior Russian lawmaker: ‘It is time for fighting! Fiercely, even cruelly’
By Dasha Litvinova
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