Laura Mills

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Captured Russian paratroopers are seen in this image taken from video in Kiev on Wednesday Aug. 27. 2014. Ten Russian paratroopers were captured this week in Ukraine, adding to a growing body of evidence that Russia, despite its denials, is sending regular troops and weapons to support the separatists in their increasingly deadly fight against Ukrainian forces. (AP Photo/Channel 5) UKRAINE OUT TV OUT

Families of Russian troops in Ukraine want answers

Laura Mills · August 29, 2014 7:26 pm

Russian tourists stranded abroad as crisis deepens

Laura Mills · August 5, 2014 4:26 pm

Russian opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, in handcuffs, shows V-signs from a defendant's cage in a court room prior to a hearing in the Bolotnaya square protest trial in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev are waiting for the sentence Thursday in the Moscow city court on charges of organizing mass riots and colluding to commit a crime. They both pleaded not guilty in a trial that has dragged on since October 2012, when they were detained and put under house arrest. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russians sentenced to 4 ½ years on riot conviction

Laura Mills · July 24, 2014 6:31 pm

Russians fed conspiracy theories on Ukraine crash

Laura Mills · July 22, 2014 3:14 pm

Russia: 1 killed near Ukraine border by shell fire

Laura Mills · July 13, 2014 4:58 pm

Pro-Russian fighters from a group that calls itself "Russian Orthodox Army" guard at a check point in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Ukraine's new president on Tuesday ordered security officials to create a corridor for safe passage for civilians in eastern regions rocked by a pro-Russian insurgency, as he began to form his government team by tapping a media mogul as chief of staff. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine president orders civilian corridor in east

Laura Mills · June 10, 2014 6:38 pm

Ukraine president-elect Petro Poroshenko attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Q&A: Who is Ukraine’s new president?

Laura Mills · June 7, 2014 8:23 am

Ukraine president-elect Petro Poroshenkois, center, seated with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, left, and Hungarian President Janos Ader, attend a dinner with President Barack Obama, hosted by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Ukraine president faces tough realities at home

Laura Mills · June 3, 2014 8:44 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will "respect the choice of the Ukrainian people." He said that Russia wants peace and order to be restored in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Russian CEOs glimpse relief from uncertainty

Laura Mills · May 23, 2014 5:47 pm

Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, enter a courtroom before the start of a trial against Alexei and his brother Oleg Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The brothers face charges of allegedly laundering some millions of rubles from French cosmetics company Yves Rocher. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Moscow court extends Navalny’s house arrest

Laura Mills · April 24, 2014 2:39 pm

Russian social media CEO quits, flees country

Laura Mills · April 23, 2014 8:16 pm

Edward Snowden, displayed on television screens, asks a question to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a nationally televised question-and-answer session, in Moscow, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Speaking in a televised call-in show with the nation, Putin harshly criticized the West for trying to pull Ukraine into its orbit and said that people in eastern Ukraine have risen against the authorities in Kiev, who ignored their rights and legitimate demands. Putin also took a video question from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, whom Russia granted asylum last year. Asked by Snowden about Russia's surveillance programs, Putin said that Russian special services also tap on communications in their fight against terrorism, but don't do it on such a massive scale as the U.S. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Edward Snowden questions Vladimir Putin on surveillance policies

Laura Mills · April 17, 2014 3:44 pm