Russia

Selling F-35s to the United Arab Emirates could give Russia access to U.S. technology and erode Israel’s regional military edge.

It doesn’t matter if Russia actually sways the vote. What matters is whether Americans think it did.

Internal documents acknowledge concern among allies about the expiration of the Obama-era New START accord, but U.S. negotiators are still playing hardball.

Everyone writes off the European Union as dull and prone to fracture. But the last decade shows that Brussels is smarter than Beijing, London, Moscow, and Washington.

What’s behind an odd, international campaign to free a Russian operative from a Libyan jail?

After parliamentary elections, a pro-West government is out. Europe and the United States should take note.

Sauli Niinisto is hugely popular at home—and is one of the few world leaders who has the respect of both Washington and Moscow.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has survived his brush with a Russian nerve agent. But the attempt on his life says a lot about what Russia has become.

Ahead of this weekend’s elections, the biggest threat to Putin is not a nationwide uprising—it is a series of smaller protests over deeply felt local concerns.

Maria Kolesnikova is a former musician who rose to prominence in recent protests.

Competition among China, Russia, and the West is taking the form of a battle to build reactors in Eastern Europe.

Drug dealers and human traffickers are upgrading their marketing and delivery services.

James Gilmore, Trump’s ambassador to the OSCE, said he was “embarrassed” by calls from experts—including some of his former colleagues—to normalize ties with Russia.

Viral Russian report shows it’s still too easy to fall for misinformation online.

Putin is signaling he wants a clear resolution—but he may not mind which side wins.

Whatever happens in the ongoing protests, the country’s society is increasingly less governable for a dictator.