Russian President Vladimir Putin’s victory in Sunday’s presidential election has left deep divisions in an opposition movement that had been buoyed in recent months by countrywide protests ...

Western aspirations for regime change in Russia are a “dangerous delusion” that ignores the lessons of past interventions in ...

Russian political observers say Vladimir Putin's proposed constitutional changes and the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev mark the beginning of a process that will likely see him ...

Additionally, the West must confront the broader issue of political hostage-taking head-on, making it unprofitable for authoritarian figures like Putin and complicit Georgian oligarchs.

With his ratings down and state funds needed to hedge against new Western sanctions and raise living standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot afford to get sucked into a costly nuclear ...

After President Biden’s Geneva meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the heads of state declared their commitment to future, lower-level cybersecurity dialogues. Biden, in a press conference ...

Macron is facing a political crisis in France which could play into Putin's hands. French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) are pictured on January 19, 2020 in ...

Margarita Simonyan, Putin's chief cheerleader in Russia's tightly controlled media landscape, has suddenly dissociated herself from politics, plaintively claiming she has no political authority.

The state-of-the-nation address seems an unlikely venue for Putin to reverse course in this regard. The government's crackdown on political dissent since the last presidential election in 2018 and ...

CSIS said this is “a sign of Putin’s blatant disregard for his soldiers.” But many of those Russian losses in Ukraine are not expected to be linked to the elites in Moscow who prop up Putin ...

Review & Outlook: Now that the Russian President has started a war in Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe should target Vladimir Putin's political control at home. Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite ...