Russia

FILE - Journalists at a center for forensic analysis in undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 24, 2024, film fragments of what authorities in Kyiv described as a Russian hypersonic missile that struck a factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Journalists at a center for forensic analysis in undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 24, 2024, film fragments of what authorities in Kyiv described as a Russian hypersonic missile that struck a factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Missiles

Russia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?

DEC. 9, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the VTB Investment Forum 'Russia Calling' in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the VTB Investment Forum 'Russia Calling' in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia

After Trump’s win, Russian disinformation aims to drive a wedge between the US and Ukraine

DEC. 5, 2024

Austria Democracy Under Threat
FILE - Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria waves to supporters, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Russia

With or without the far right in power, Austria’s links with Russia cause concern among allies

OCT. 25, 2024

Germany Navalny Book
Copies of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's memoir entitled 'Patriot' are put display on the first day of sale in a bookshop in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russia

Navalny’s memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison — and how he never lost hope

OCT. 24, 2024

Russia Ukraine War Drone Factory
Parts of downed Shahed drones launched by Russia are piled in a storage room of a research laboratory in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28, 2024. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Drones

Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine

OCT. 18, 2024

Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Russia

Zelenskyy’s victory plan sets Ukraine’s terms in a desperate war against Russia

SEPT. 25, 2024

Central African Republic Russia’s Influence
Vegetables are displayed at a market in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Africa

AP exposes competition between Russian and US security companies in Central African Republic

SEPT. 20, 2024

Kamila Valieva
FILE - Russian Kamila Valieva competes in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2023 Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix, the Golden Skate of Moscow, in Moscow, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia

‘Stop that urgently.’ Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA’s urging

SEPT. 12, 2024

Russia Freed Dissidents Human Rights
Oleg Orlov, the co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, listens to questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russia

Moving quickly, AP snags series of interviews with newly freed Russian prisoners

AUG. 23, 2024

Russia Freed Dissidents Pivovarov
Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the Aug. 1 East-West prisoner swap, right, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Law enforcement

Longest-held Russian dissident freed in swap says ‘colors get brighter by the day’ in his new life

AUG. 14, 2024

Biden Russia Prisoner Swap
Reporter Evan Gershkovich hugs his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden, right, looks on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following their release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Russia

Source work and prep result in fast reports on the massive prisoner swap with Russia

AUG. 9, 2024

Russia US Journalist
FILE - Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia on April 1, 2024. A Russian court has convicted Kurmasheva of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday July 22, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Government

AP exclusively breaks news of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva’s conviction in rapid, secret trial

AUG. 2, 2024

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