Demonstrations supporting Putin critic Alexei Navalny held across the country; US condemns 'harsh tactics' by authorities

US president presses Russian counterpart on arrest of opposition figure Navalny, massive cyber attack blamed on Russia, reports of bounties on US troops in Afghanistan

State Department calls detention of over 2,500 demonstrators 'troubling'

Protests erupt across country in temperatures of minus-50 Celsius, after arrest of Kremlin critic; demonstrators rally outside Russian embassy in Tel Aviv

Opposition figure's wife among those detained; thousands of demonstrators demand release, hold signs that read 'Russia will be free,' chant 'Putin is a thief'

Putin’s most prominent foe spent 5 months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on the Kremlin

Leaders talk by telephone about Middle East developments; Russian leader says he attaches 'much significance to friendly relations with Israel'

Spy passed names of hundreds of MI6 agents to KGB; escaped London jail with rope ladder; said he hated Nazis 'because of my background. I was a British subject; I was half-Jewish'

Moscow continues to resist imposing lockdown; excess death rates suggest true toll of the pandemic is far higher than authorities will admit

As ties with US under Trump reach lowest point since Cold War and amid major unresolved issues, Moscow officials say they don't anticipate improvement