Putin is attempting to use the prospect of negotiations to buy time and gain an upper hand in the war in Ukraine, even as he ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a press conference in the Leningrad region on Dec. 26, 2024. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS This week marked 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s ...

It has been another bad week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed faster than Afghanistan’s had in August 2021.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has embarked on an unprecedented ... Historically, the Russian Empire, at its zenith, encompassed regions that now form part of modern Poland, the Baltic States ...

Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

Several senior military and defense officials linked to former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu were arrested on ...

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into Europe.

Peer into the minds of the American, Chinese and Russian presidents, and you won’t see clashing ideologies but a common ...

In contrast, the Russian Federation has been referred to as an “imitation democracy”. It has institutions that one would find in democratic systems of government (a parliament and a directly elected ...

It has been another bad week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed faster than Afghanistan’s had in August 2021.