Laura Mills

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Disallowed goal heats up Russian hockey fans

Laura Mills · February 17, 2014 6:22 pm

Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia, right, leaves the ice after competing in the women's team free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Pool)

Lipnitskaia at home: ‘She’s a girl with character’

Laura Mills · February 14, 2014 3:54 pm

National Security

Russian official denies role in Nuland call leak

Laura Mills · February 7, 2014 9:19 pm

How Russia enforces its ban on gay ‘propaganda’

Laura Mills · February 6, 2014 8:45 pm

In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 photo Marianna Kvyatkovska, left, and Alexander Bitkin fashion homemade shin and elbow pads from plastic drainage pipes at their home in Lviv, a city in Western Ukraine, which they will send to friends who are camped out in anti-government demonstrations in Kiev. Young artistic designers stayed up very late on a recent night working on their pet project _ not a chic gallery opening, but battle armor for protesters. (AP Photo/ Laura Mills)

Kiev protests buoyed by western Ukraine volunteers

Laura Mills · January 27, 2014 8:52 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, Protesters clad in improvised protective gear prepare for a clash with police in central Kiev, Ukraine. Protesters in Kiev used improvised protective gear to protect themselves from stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas during clashes with police in central Kiev this week? After a night of vicious streets battles, anti-government protesters and police clashed anew Monday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman, file)

In Ukraine, protests resemble Medieval battle

Laura Mills · January 24, 2014 2:04 pm

Artists’ spat over Putin joins a Russian tradition

Laura Mills · February 3, 2013 7:47 am

Officials: 10 workers die in Russia building fire

Laura Mills · January 26, 2013 2:59 pm

Ex-officer on trial in Russian journalist’s murder

Laura Mills · December 12, 2012 2:47 pm

Ilya, son of slain investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. The relatives of a slain Russian journalist are contesting a deal that was made between one of the accused in the case and the authorities investigating the case. While six individuals were originally charged for organizing and carrying out the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a sharp critic of the Kremlin's policies in Chechnya, none of them are now sitting behind bars for the crime. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Ex-policeman faces trial in Politkovskaya’s murder

Laura Mills · December 11, 2012 5:08 pm

Russian Wikipedia shuts down site to protest bill

Laura Mills · July 10, 2012 12:26 pm

In this Tuesday June 12, 2012 photo Russian opposition activist and television host Kseniya Sobchak, daughter of the late St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak, left, and opposition leader Ilya Yashin smile as they speak to the press at the headquarters of the Russian Investigation committee in Moscow, Russia. âIâm Ksenia Sobchak, and Iâve got something to lose. But Iâm here.â This is what the 30-year-old blond socialite and TV personality said when she began her unlikely foray into political activism by taking the stage at a huge anti-Putin rally in December. Once considered untouchable because of her familyâs close personal ties to President Vladimir Putin, Sobchak has since found that she does indeed have something to lose, as her apartment has been raided by police and she has been called in for interrogation. It has been a quick change of fortune for Russiaâs It Girl, who like many Russians of her generation experienced a civic awakening after many years of political passivity. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russian opposition leaders questioned for 2nd time

Laura Mills · June 15, 2012 2:20 pm