List of Vladimir Putin articles
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking Defender of the Fatherland Day at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on Feb. 22. Russia Sanctions: 10 Lessons and Questions for What Comes Next
What has the West learned from one year of unprecedented economic sanctions?
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Putin is seen from the side, standing at a podium. Where Is Vlad’s Mind?
Putin’s anti-Western speech elicited eye rolls, even at the Kremlin.
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A new map displayed at a book store in Moscow shows several regions of eastern and southern Ukraine as part of Russia, on Feb. 8. The Return of the Russia Question
What kind of country do Russians want to live in after the war?
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A poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin is used as target practice near Zolote, Ukraine, on Jan. 21, 2022. Can Russia Ever Become a ‘Normal’ European Nation?
Ironically, a defeat by Ukraine could trigger Russians to reexamine their national identity.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is interviewed by French television host Caroline Roux in Paris on Oct. 12, 2022. Europe Needs a Strategy for Russia After Putin
Competing ideas about the end state of the war are striving for dominance.
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An illustration showing a torn Russian flag and Russian President Vladimir Putin. It’s High Time to Prepare for Russia’s Collapse
Not planning for the possibility of disintegration betrays a dangerous lack of imagination.
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A billboard with a member of the military is shown before an old tall building. Russia May Be Getting Ready to Mobilize in Ukraine (Again)
Has the Kremlin learned from the mistakes of its first mobilization?
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Anti-war protesters gather in front of the White House in Washington to demonstrate against escalating tensions between the United States and Russia. For ‘Peace Activists,’ War Is About America, Never Russia
Their own hard-left worldview is so absorbing that they will take the side of any aggressor in the anti-Western camp.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin attends a meeting with foreign investors in Russia. Putin’s Pit Bull Is Making a Power Play
As hard-liners shuffle for power amid a failing war, Russia’s military could turn even more aggressive.
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A Ukrainian national flag waves while smoke rises after Russian attacks hit a fuel storage facility in the city of Kalynivka, Ukraine, on March 25. The Invasion That Changed Everything
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 stunned the world and upended global politics.
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Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin, charged with "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine, flashes a victory sign inside a defendant's box at the Meshansky district court in Moscow on Dec. 9. A Russian Dissident Is Sentenced in Moscow
Ilya Yashin’s is the most significant political trial in Russia since Alexey Navalny’s imprisonment in 2021.
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A pedestrian walks past a vandalized mural depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Belgrade on June 2. Sanctions on Russia Are Working. Here’s Why.
The Kremlin’s ability to wage war is already constrained, but the worst is yet to come.
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A police officer is reflected in the logo of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) at the OSCE headquarters in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on Feb. 21. Will Russia Kill the OSCE?
Moscow is derailing peacekeeping missions and disrupting the budget process, threatening an organization that is vital to European security.
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Vladimir Putin addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 28, 2015 in New York City. The U.N. (as We Know It) Won’t Survive Russia’s War in Ukraine
The institutions designed to secure global order clearly aren't up to the task. What will take their place?
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Police detain protesters in Moscow. Why Isn’t Russia a Democracy?
The country wasn’t preordained to despotism or a clash with the West.
