He has been remanded in custody and will return to court for sentencing later.

Putin said during Wednesdays call with top officials.The first person singled out by the countrys top investigative agency was Veronika Belotserkovskaya.

One loud voice of dissent was that of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.Putin charged that Russians who oppose the war in Ukraine were a fifth column obsequiously serving Western interests and ready to sell their own mother.The investigative committee said it would move to issue an international arrest warrant for Belotserkovskaya.

authorities disparaged the declared enemies of the people as reptiles or mad dogs.It envisions prison terms of up to 15 years for posting fake information about the military that differs from the official narrative.

In a powerful symbol of defiance.

killing untold numbers of civilians.Chinese and Russian officials each denied that Moscow sought assistance from Beijing.

But the White House would not say whether Xi agreed not to provide material support to China.China has put forward a six-point initiative on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

Biden and Xi last spoke in November for a virtual summit that lasted more than three hours.While many countries have distanced themselves from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago and have united in imposing steep costs on Moscow.