Vladimir Putin

Sergei Shoigu, a longtime ally of the Russian president, will be replaced with an economist.

The Kremlin leader’s rhetoric has taken a subtle if definite turn in the years since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.

Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as Russia’s president for another six-year term and is now focused squarely on the war in Ukraine—and the alliances he needs to secure a victory.

The threat was in a response to recent comments by Western officials that European powers could do more to help Ukraine in its fight with Moscow.

Estonia’s border city of Narva, singled out by Putin as historically Russian land, is among potential targets for destabilization.

The finding, which doesn’t absolve the Russian leader of ultimate responsibility, deepens the mystery surrounding the dissident’s death at an Arctic gulag.

European Parliament members condemn election process that elected Vladimir Putin as Russia’s leader.

The war in Ukraine scattered Russia’s opposition. From exile, it is biding its time as it seeks ways to weaken President Vladimir Putin.

Supercooled gas has quickly become one of the world’s most important energy sources—and a geopolitical flashpoint.

The Ukrainian plant is currently under Russian occupation. It is perched on a front line, artillery passing overhead, and encircled by Russian land mines.