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Tucker Carlson’s Lesson in the Perils of Giving Airtime to an Autocrat

The death of Aleksei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most vocal domestic opponent, prompted fresh criticism on Friday of the right-wing host’s recent interview with Vladimir Putin.

By Jim Rutenberg and Michael M. Grynbaum

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The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death

The Oscar-winning film followed the dissident after an attempt on his life. It played like a thriller at the time; today it feels even more chilling.

By Alissa Wilkinson

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Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist

The Russian president was noncommittal after Mr. Carlson asked about Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been held in a Moscow prison for nearly a year.

By Michael M. Grynbaum

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George Cohon, Who Brought Big Macs to Moscow, Dies at 86

He was chairman of McDonald’s in Canada and in Russia, where he opened the chain’s first restaurant in 1990, engaging in what he called “hamburger diplomacy.”

By Sam Roberts