The remarks came two days after U.S. envoy, Steve Witkoff, called Putin a “humanitarian” and hailed Russia’s willingness to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Kyrgyzstan this week for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, a regional confab that also brought together Xi Jinping of China, Narendra Modi of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin views a display honoring “Hero of Russia E.D. Norpolov” during a visit to a secondary school of the same name on Iturup Island on Aug. 13, 2026. Norpolov was killed ...

There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory. By Paul Sonne Reporting ...

To recall the last negotiated peace with Russia is to tell a depressing tale. Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2014, annexing Crimea and then moving regular and irregular forces into the Donbas, in the ...

It’s always been a cop-out to blame the sinister influence of Vladimir Putin for the failings of liberal democracy. There is no serious evidence that Putin got Donald Trump elected the first time ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will win yet another election Sunday. United Russia, the party that has long supported the country’s modern “forever leader,” will once again win a majority in the ...

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Ms. Prokopenko is the author of the forthcoming “From Sovereigns to Servants: How the War Against Ukraine Reshaped Russia’s Elite.” She wrote from Berlin. See more of our coverage in your search ...

The overwhelming victory of President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in last weekend’s parliamentary elections was not only expected but planned. Compulsory voting in organizations dependent on ...