Russia

Vladimir Putin achieved his goal of embarrassing the United States. But Russians are already bracing for the backlash.

Former U.S. diplomat Thomas Pickering on Trump, Putin, and the world after Helsinki.

U.S. politicians debate whether to force Trump’s interpreter to divulge contents of the private meeting.

Poland’s former defense and foreign minister explains how Trump left Eastern Europe in the lurch.

U.S. lawmakers, at least, worry that Europe’s reliance on Moscow for energy could give Russia key leverage.

The president’s disgraceful remarks could have disturbing results.

U.S. allies in Europe are resigned to a trans-Atlantic relationship that keeps getting worse.

Former U.S. ambassador to Russia says Trump can’t hold Moscow accountable by “winging it.”

How people in the United States and Russia responded to the Helsinki summit.

A history of contradictory statements from 2015 to the present.

The only people who can stop his sucking up to Russia have lost all their credibility.

The department prepared to criticize Russia’s role in the 2014 downing of a civilian airliner over Ukraine, but the statement was never released.

When the U.S. president looks at Vladimir Putin, he doesn't see his handler. He sees his dad.

The special prosecutor's latest indictments prove he's waging more than just a legal battle.

Restoring the reputation of America’s most underrated foreign-policy president.

Legal experts say the U.S. president has authority to recognize Crimea as part of Russia, but sanctions would remain.

Symbols have power, even in soccer. Just ask Croatia.

Before their Helsinki summit, the U.S. president has given his Russian counterpart little reason to take him seriously.

Russia could have done something to prevent sexual exploitation of foreign women during the World Cup. It chose not to.

While Washington turns a blind eye, autocrats across the continent are muzzling their citizens online.