List of Vladimir Putin articles
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NATO Secretary-General George Robertson and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Brussels in October 2001. When Putin Loved NATO
Former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson, who had a cordial relationship with the Russian leader, recalls an era when Moscow wanted closer ties with the West.
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Russian troops walk toward a military plane at a snowy airfield. Kazakhstan’s Border With Russia Is Suddenly an Open Question Again
Moscow has long claimed parts of northern Kazakhstan. The country’s current turmoil makes those claims a lot more relevant—and troubling.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg shakes hands with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. Finland and Sweden Are Done With Deference to Russia
Even if the two Nordic countries don’t join NATO, they have signaled a new era in relations with Moscow.
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A woman wearing a face mask with the logo of Russian rights group Memorial stands outside Moscow City Court, where the group is on trial, on Nov. 23. Russia’s Last Political Freedoms Are on the Way Out
The trial to liquidate Russia’s best-known human rights organization is about much more.
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Putin inspects military drills Use Climate and Trade Policy to Counter Putin’s Playbook
Joint U.S.-EU carbon border fees could be much more damaging to Russia than sanctions.
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Display of Stalin's funeral at the Gulag Museum in Moscow. In Putin’s Russia, the Past Is Never Past
Memorial is the latest victim of Russia’s history wars.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through the porthole while aboard the presidential plane during the approach to the Russian air base in Hmeimim in the northwestern Syrian province of Latakia on December 11, 2017. Russia Is Right on the Middle East
Moscow has been supporting, not undermining, U.S. interests in the region.
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Servicemen salute as their tanks move through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2021. Is Russia Preparing to Invade Ukraine?
Moscow’s military buildup is raising eyebrows in Washington as Belarus ups the ante in its standoff with the EU.
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The Gazprom logo is seen at the International Gas Forum in St. Petersburg on Oct. 7. How Will Moscow Use Its Energy Leverage Over Europe?
The Kremlin holds one of the keys to resolving Europe’s energy crisis.
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Maria Ressa holds up the warrant of arrest order after posting bail at a court in Manila. A Nobel for Journalists Is a Direct Challenge to Authoritarians
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov’s award will make leaders like Duterte and Putin think twice before attacking reporters—but only if democratic governments bolster the free press.
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Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov Russia’s Crazy Sham Election
To retain control in this weekend’s Duma elections, the Kremlin has reached very deep into its bag of tricks.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is at German Chancellery. Why Putin Is Obsessed With ‘Foreign Agents’
The Kremlin’s latest crackdown could ultimately backfire.
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Merkel and Biden at the White House Biden’s Surrender to Merkel on Nord Stream 2
His support for the pipeline abandoned a bipartisan consensus, got nothing in return, and made the world less secure.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the press at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 1. Russia Thwarts U.S. Bid to Expand Syrian Aid Corridors
But the rival powers strike a compromise that prevents catastrophic shut-off of lifesaving aid to Syrians.
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Displaced Syrians are in a camp in Idlib province. When Humanitarian Aid Becomes a Bargaining Chip
Cross-border access into Syria has become a stress test for Putin and Biden's nascent relationship.
