Tag: emboldened
Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia
Russia-Ukraine War The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands. By Nataliya Vasilyeva Reporting from Istanbul After the fall of Communism, Russia ushered in capitalism by selling off billions of dollars in state assets. Now, 30…
Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin
Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault. By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Baku, Azerbaijan It was a tense conversation between two authoritarian leaders accustomed to getting their way. President Vladimir V. Putin of…