President Trump’s mysterious affinity for the Russian strongman has been a major card in Mr. Putin’s hand, one he has hoped ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and if it did not want to resolve their conflict peacefully, Moscow would accomplish all its goals by force. Putin's remarks on ...

Vladimir Putin has spent years building a coalition of the discontented on the premise that authoritarian states can outlast ...

There is, or at least was, plenty of evidence to support the Western media and political narrative that Russia was losing the war, or was likely to lose it, or at least might. The initial invasion of ...

LONDON (AP) — Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in ...

In chess, there’s a move called a fork. You attack two pieces at once, forcing the hand of your counterpart. Russian President Vladimir Putin relishes opportunities to fork his enemies. He recently ...

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During the Cold War, few senior Soviet officials understood the dynamics of Soviet relations with the West as well as Valentin Falin. A diplomat and adviser to several Soviet leaders, Falin was ...

On Friday, Russia attacked Lviv, a major Ukrainian city near the Polish border, using Oreshnik: an intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile. Security-camera footage captured brief flashes ...

A group of Democratic Senators is accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of purposefully attacking American businesses operating in Ukraine, urging more American support for Kyiv in defending ...

Over the past two weeks, Russian authorities tried hard to protect an oil tanker that the Americans wanted to seize. On Christmas Eve, Moscow permitted the ship to fly the Russian tricolor, a symbolic ...