President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have given Vladimir Putin something to help focus his mind. The July 14 announcement of a new NATO-backed weapons corridor into Ukraine, routed ...

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of ...

Putinism mirrors historical fascism through expansionist ideology, cultural suppression, and internal radicalization, especially in occupied Ukraine, prompting debate on whether modern Russia ...

Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022, domestic repression in Russia has reached unprecedented levels. However, few realise that behind these internal crackdowns lies another ...

You’d think Putin would be delighted by all of this. Instead, he’s been thrown on his heels. Trump’s efforts at rapprochement have left Russia’s propaganda apparatus, foreign policy, and economic ...

But Daria Serenko is, without doubt, the woman Putin fears most. And one he seems intent on destroying because she represents a stunning challenge to his hypermasculine vision of Russia.

Putin calls for "throttling" Microsoft and Zoom in Russia, urges development of domestic alternatives Even McDonald's didn't escape Putin's wrath By Rob Thubron May 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM 10 comments ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky challenged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to meet him in person this week for the peace talks in Istanbul.

European diplomats are calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for failing to agree to a US-led peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine, urging increased pressure on Moscow to reach an ...

When Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, resigned on New Year’s Eve in 1999, he publicly implored Vladimir Putin, his handpicked but little-known successor, to ...