News analysis: With the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. journalist, the Kremlin took a step with no precedent since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The move is a signal that President Vladimir Putin is doubling down on Russia's wartime isolation.
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Finland won final approval on Thursday to join NATO after decades of nonalignment, a major shift in the balance of power between the West and Russia that was set off by the invasion of Ukraine. Finland will now follow a carefully choreographed process to formalize its membership.
Here's a step-by-step look at what comes next.
Russia will assume the presidency of the UN Security Council on Saturday for the first time since February 2022, when it invaded Ukraine. Russia has planned to convene at least two meetings in April — on the transfer of weapons to Ukraine, and multilateralism and the UN charter.