Vladimir Putin

Forget U.S. sanctions over arms deals. Indian-Russian alignment is in Washington’s best interest.

The Russian leader is contemplating his mortality—as are his backers.

A coup in Myanmar and Russia’s sentencing of Alexei Navalny raise questions about whether promoting U.S. values could weaken Washington’s hand when it comes to great-power competition.

The Russian regime isn’t handling the protests with its normal authoritarian aplomb.

The Russian regime has barely started to tap its vast toolkit for violence and intimidation.

America’s reality TV autocrat was a homegrown creation.

Garry Kasparov on why this weekend’s protests may be the beginning of the end of autocracy in Russia.

There’s no sign of defection from Russia’s security services, let alone the army.

Russia’s opposition leader is forcing the system to make decisions it wants to avoid.

Even the arrival of a pro-European U.S. administration can’t paper over unmistakable signs of trans-Atlantic trouble.

Meet the often overlooked organization trying to reconnect Russia’s leader with the people—and secure Putin’s influence for years to come.

Russia started the year with political uncertainty, then cemented Putin’s future, and ended the year by poisoning the main opposition figure—and future relations with the Biden administration.

The victory of the pro-Western politician Maia Sandu shows Putin is losing his grip over Russia’s near abroad.

America’s democracy demotion, U.N. peacemaking in the age of plague, and Biden’s Putin challenge.

Biden has a clear-eyed view of the threat posed by Russia—but a lot of bad advice to ignore.

As Putin refuses to congratulate Biden, all eyes in the Kremlin are on the president-elect’s new team.