Valery Gergiev, the star Russian maestro and prominent supporter of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, was removed Tuesday from his post as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic after he refused to denounce Mr. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And Anna Netrebko, the Russian diva who is one of opera’s biggest international stars, saw her […]

The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily A. Nebenzya, rejected the criticism, telling fellow ambassadors that the Russian military actions in Ukraine were meant to protect the Donbas, the region in the east where Russia-backed separatists have been fighting for eight years. He accused the United States and its allies of “shamelessly inundating” Ukraine […]

DRESDEN, Germany — First vaccine opponents attacked the police. Then a group of them chatted online about killing the governor. And one day an angry crowd beating drums and carrying torches showed up outside the house of the health minister of the eastern state of Saxony. The minister, Petra Köpping, had just got home when […]

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and key allies announced on Saturday that they would remove some Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system, essentially barring them from international transactions. They also said they would impose new restrictions on Russia’s central bank to prevent it from using its large international reserves to undermine sanctions. The […]

The United States, the European Union and several other countries and entities have expanded their economic sanctions against Russia as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. The first actions in the most recent crisis were taken after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed decrees on Monday recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk, two pro-Russian breakaway regions […]

WASHINGTON — The United States and Europe moved on Friday to personally penalize President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for his invasion of Ukraine, imposing sanctions aimed at freezing his wealth while continuing to try to cripple his military and economic capabilities through other new restrictions. White House officials said that President Biden intended to […]

I had this idea that there were thousands of people stuck between the Russian Army and Ukrainian Army, with nowhere to go, and wanted to give a voice to those people. Updated  Feb. 25, 2022, 9:36 a.m. ET In the book, your two main characters are just dealing with daily life; they don’t seem to […]

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — The Russian military plunged into Ukraine by land, sea and air on Thursday, killing more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, and ominously touching off a pitched battle at the highly radioactive area around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that melted down in 1986. Day 1 of the first major land war in […]

KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of Ukrainian military personnel were killed in the early hours of Russia’s multipronged assault on the country, officials said on Thursday, as its overmatched army strained to mount an “all-out defense” against Russian forces advancing by land, sea and air. More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and dozens were wounded […]

Poland will lift most of its remaining coronavirus restrictions on March 1, but it will keep in place a mask mandate for public transportation and indoor venues. “We’re abolishing most of the restrictions and leaving only those that are most necessary,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said to reporters on Wednesday, adding that office workers would […]