Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Iranian counterpart President Masoud Pezeshkian for the signing of a broad ...

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into ...

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is embroiled in war and plagued by systemic decay — and Donald Trump can exploit its weakness to end ...

Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power. In pressing for greater ...

Once a powerful Russian oligarch, Vladimir Gusinsky has been tangled in legal disputes, mounting debts, and a bitter divorce.

For centuries, the empire was the meaning and the prevailing form of existence in Russia, to which people, the entire economic system, and the well-being of citizens were sacrificed. The Russian ...

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

After World War II, nations pledged to create a more equal and law-abiding world. Now Russia, China and the U.S. are ...

"It's over, over, over, over, no more empire Vladimir ... one of the most principled opponents of the Russian invasion, a leader in sanctions on Russia and defence support for Ukraine." ...

Far-right activists from Russia’s largest nationalist movement ... reconstruction of the Russian empire, empowerment of the Church—resonates with the Russian security service and law ...

The war in Ukraine is seen as a step towards putting back together the empire the Soviet Union presided ... their admiration of and friendship with Russia. Privately, the Chinese are less admiring of ...

Russia and Belarus. The UOC was a sizeable and essential part of Moscow’s religious empire with thousands of parishes and priests. Some of them espoused pro-Russian views after Moscow annexed ...