List of Vladimir Putin articles
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Dodik and Putin smile and shake hands. Putin’s Most Loyal Balkan Client
Hard-line Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has given the Russian president a firm foothold in the Balkans.
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President Xi Jinping is welcomed by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin How Far Will Xi Go to Help a Desperate Putin?
Cracks have emerged in their marriage of convenience, but the two autocrats are in it for the long haul.
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Putin's face is shown on a large video screen in front of a crowd waving Russian flags. Why Putin’s Denunciations of Western Imperialism Ring Hollow
Russia is among the world’s most ambitious imperial nations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out the window at the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia. Putin’s World Is Now Smaller Than Ever
The moral and strategic disaster of the Russian leader’s war in Ukraine has ended his imperial dreams.
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A close-up of Putin's face from the side. Europe Struggles to See What’s Next for Russia
Putin’s fumbling war in Ukraine has weakened his grip on power, but it’s still not clear what that means.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts a national youth environmental forum in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, on Sept. 5. Predictions of Putin’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
The Russian autocrat’s end has been predicted, wrongly, for two decades.
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Captured Russian tanks are displayed in Kyiv, Ukraine. Putin Has a New Opposition—and It’s Furious at Defeat in Ukraine
Right-wing nationalists are spreading a dangerous “stab-in-the-back” myth to explain Russia’s crushing defeats.
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Demonstrators and activists attend a vigil in support of Ukraine near European Union headquarters in Brussels on March 22. How the Russian Oil Price Cap Will Work
Ignore the naysayers—the long-prepared plan is a smart way to slash the Kremlin’s profits.
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A portrait of Darya Dugina is displayed near her coffin at a ceremony at the Ostankino television complex in Moscow on Aug. 23. Putin’s New Martyr for the Russian Cause
The Kremlin has turned a dead propagandist into a symbol of the war—and a call to kill more Ukrainians.
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Crosses, flowers, and photographs mark the graves of victims of the battles for Irpin and Bucha at the cemetery of Irpin, Ukraine, on May 16. Russia’s Brutal Honesty Has Destroyed the West’s Appeasers
Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.
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Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni, and then-League leader Matteo Salvini participate in a rally of right-wing opposition parties in Rome on Oct. 19, 2019. Italy’s Snap Election Could Hand Putin the Win He Needs
Outspoken supporters of Russia are likely to play key roles in the next government.
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A boy rides his scooter past the destroyed city hall in Okhtyrka, Ukraine on Aug. 1. The Case for Cautious Optimism in Ukraine
There are two Western views of the same facts on the ground in Ukraine—and only one can be correct.
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Vladislav Surkov and Vladimir Putin lean their heads close together to confer privately. The Wizard of the Kremlin
A French novel offers a fascinating, fictionalized look at Vladimir Putin’s longtime spin doctor.
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Anti-tank obstacles are shown on a wheat field in southern Ukraine's Mykolaiv region on June 11. Here’s How to Help Ukraine Handle Putin’s Food Blockade
Creative storage and transport of the new harvest can undercut Russia’s weaponization of global hunger.
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Russians in Poland protest Poland Has Had It With Russia
The ratings are out: And Biden falls alongside Putin.
