A Moscow-like chill comes to Washington


White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt taking questions during a press briefing at the White House. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

YELENA Tregubova, a reporter for the Kremlin press pool in the early 2000s, was ousted after asking too many questions that President Vladimir Putin didn’t like.

For reporting on criticism of his administration, she found herself excluded from the inner circle.

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