Robyn Dixon

Moscow

Moscow bureau chief and foreign correspondent

Education: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood, Australia

Robyn Dixon is a foreign correspondent on her third stint in Russia, after almost a decade reporting there beginning in the early 1990s. In November 2019 she joined The Washington Post as Moscow bureau chief. She began working in journalism as a copy girl in her hometown afternoon newspaper, the Herald in Melbourne, Australia, in 1978. In 1993 she became Moscow bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, covering the former Soviet Union and the war in Chechnya. In 1999 she joined the Los Angeles Times as Moscow correspondent and covered conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. She becam
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Wagner Group surges in Africa as U.S. influence fades, leak reveals

THE DISCORD LEAKS | Wagner’s influence in Africa is a source of alarm to the U.S., prompting a push to find ways to hit the group, according to the documents.

April 23, 2023

Russian mercenaries closely linked with Sudan’s warring generals

But the Wagner Group and its backers in the Kremlin have much to lose if they back the wrong side.

April 22, 2023

Russia sentences Kara-Murza, Putin critic and Post contributor, to 25 years

The longtime political activist and opinions contributor to The Washington Post was convicted of treason for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine.

April 17, 2023

Breaking up with Russia is hard for many Western firms, despite war

Russia has created major obstacles for foreign companies seeking to leave, but some firms have stayed on despite promising to pull out.

April 15, 2023

Navalny, jailed Russian opposition figure, is severely ill, aides say

Alexei Navalny, a leading Russian opposition figure, is suffering from a mysterious stomach ailment and may have been poisoned, his press secretary said.

April 14, 2023

Ukraine live briefing: One person arrested in document leak case; two Americans killed in Ukraine

A stalemate in Ukraine — with neither Kyiv nor Moscow inclined to negotiate — is the most likely scenario, according to the leaked intelligence documents.

April 13, 2023

Russia names Ukrainian suspect in blast that killed pro-war blogger

Russia's Federal Security Service said that the suspect was working for the Ukrainian special services and had supplied the bomb used in the St. Petersburg attack.

April 13, 2023

Video of alleged beheading of Ukrainian soldier draws condemnation

An unverified video that appeared to show Russian soldiers beheading a Ukrainian prisoner of war was condemned by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

April 12, 2023

Russia moves to tighten conscription law, pressing more men to fight

The new rules would allow electronic conscription instead of paper summonses and would impose stiff restrictions on men who do not report for required military duty.

April 11, 2023

Vladimir Kara-Murza condemns Russian treason case

Longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, facing up to 25 years in jail, tells judge that the war in Ukraine is the crime.

April 10, 2023