List of Vladimir Putin articles
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A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin on a tombstone. 5 News Stories That Made a Splash
From the war in Ukraine to Sudan’s implosion, FP’s reporters were on the case.
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An illustration shows a stylized globe with a crack through it. A hand with a wrench tightens the screw atop the globe. The Field of Geopolitics Offers Both Promise and Peril
The world’s most dismal science could make Eurasia safe for illiberalism and predation—or protect it from those forces.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his year-end press conference at Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall in central Moscow. No, Putin Is Not One of the Year’s ‘Winners’
Seven ways the exodus of Western companies has cratered the Russian economy.
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A woman poses for a photo in front of a tall decorated Christmas tree in front of a war-damanged building in Melitopol in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region with a Russian flag flying from a tall pole overhead. What a Russian Victory Would Mean for Ukraine
Ukrainians would face terror on a scale not seen in Europe since the 20th-century era of totalitarian rule.
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A Ukrainian soldier in helmet and fatigues holds a cell phone and looks up at the night sky as an explosion lights up the horizon behind him. The West’s False Choice in Ukraine
The crossroads is not between war and compromise, but between victory and defeat.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow. Russia Is the Loser in the Israel-Hamas War
Moscow’s decade as the arbiter of the Middle East is coming to an end.
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A photo collage illustration shows Russian President Vladamir Putin walking with a shadow cast before him on a red field. In front of him is the crown of a Russian tsar and a Soviet-era statue with hammer, sickle, and star. The Inevitable Fall of Putin’s New Russian Empire
What history tells us about collapsed empires trying to restore their former possessions.
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Emmanuel Macron welcomes Vladimir Putin The Dream of a European Security Order With Russia Is Dead
How the war ends will determine Europe’s future as much as Ukraine’s.
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Supporters of the AfD party, Free Saxons movement, and other groups demonstrate against high energy prices, German support for Ukraine, and other government policies in Chemnitz, Germany. Why Does Eastern Germany Love Putin So Much?
Russian disinformation has bewitched the far right and the far left.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who smiles back at him. Both men are wearing black suits. Behind them, security personnel and photographers move around in front of hanging Russian and North Korean flags. What Putin and Kim Want From Each Other
Their recent summit showcased just how transactional the Russia-North Korea relationship has become.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 25, 2019. The Putin-Kim Summit Kicks Off a New Era for North Korea
Pyongyang has given up on normalizing relations with Washington.
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An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance. The China-Russia Axis Takes Shape
The bond has been decades in the making, but Russia’s war in Ukraine has tightened their embrace.
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An illustration shows a figure laying down beneath the pavement, palms facing up, underneath a Russian tan with the word prisposoblenchestvo, referring to conformism, written in Cyrillic letters. Wartime Russians Fall Back on an Ancient Survival Strategy
Conformism and acquiescence have a long tradition in a culture of chaos and repression.
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Activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Jan. 29, 2021. With Nuclear Threats, Putin Plays the West Like a Fiddle
It’s time for Washington to see through the Kremlin’s mind games.
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Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov (right), wearing a suit and tie, holds a new history book for high school students at a news conference in Moscow. Behind him out of focus are two other suited men, one with his hand to his face. New Russian Schoolbooks Preach Hatred of Ukraine and the West
The Kremlin has taken indoctrination and historical falsification to a new level.