“If Hitler didn’t kill me for being a Jew, then Putin would kill me for being a Ukrainian.”
Putin, 71, who has chosen to run as an independent rather than as the candidate of the ruling United Russia party and who has been Russia's paramount leader since 2000.
Russian media showed pictures of Carlson at several spots around Moscow on Monday, fueling speculation that the former Fox News host may be there to interview Vladimir Putin.
WASHINGTON WATCH: It would be easy to chalk this up to this dysfunctional Congress’s aversion to bipartisanship, but the reality is this is a result of internecine warfare in the GOP.
Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an unspecified "incident" had occurred in the region's Korochansky district, northeast of Belgorod city, and that he was going to inspect the site.
In a message on X facilitated by his allies, Navalny described a surreal morning routine.
Navalny, who has been sentenced to stay in jail until he is 74, has repeatedly warned that Putin's Russia is a state run by "thieves and criminals" and that one day there will be a revolt.