Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after their meeting with the top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
Leaders
Putin preps for presidential reelection campaign amid ongoing war
People protest in front of Ukraine’s embassy to Romania in Bucharest on Feb. 24, 2022.
Conflict & Justice
International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
A man walks along a street
Leaders
‘Putin is obsessed with the idea of legitimacy,’ opposition activist says of ‘sham’ referendum
S3 E3 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – So You Want Your Own Army?
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Podcast: 2019-05-15 Where Do U.S.-Russia Relations Stand Following Pompeo’s Meeting with Putin?
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New Reports Underscore FBI’s Concern About Trump’s Links to Russia
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Unrest in Chicago After Shooting Of Black Man on the City’s Southside
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Trump and Putin Meet in Helsinki
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Anti-government Russian demonstrators took to the streets in Decembe, 2011, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he sought a new term as Russian president. The placard reads "Get tired! Leave!"
Books
Putin’s Cold War mentality explains a lot
A few questions rattled Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow.
Global Politics
At a year-end press conference, a handful of journalists try to hold Putin accountable
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with German President Frank Walter Steinmeier
Global Politics
Vladimir Putin’s grudge with Hillary Clinton
Russia-born U.S. journalist Masha Gessen (center) in a 2013 protest in Moscow against a proposed new law that would ban gay rights rallies.
Books
From one generation to the next, Russians pass down the trauma of state terror
Russian President Vladimir Putin
Global Politics
Russia orders the US to cut its diplomatic staff in retaliation for sanctions
Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January 18, 2017.
Global Politics
Ahead of his Senate testimony, hedge fund manager Browder dishes about the Russia investigation
A carnival model of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in 2009.
Media
‘Why are Americans so fat?’ And other questions Russians have about us.
Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars as he watches a display during the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
Books
How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage
A protester holds up a sign at an anti-Trump demonstration in Washington DC.
Global Politics
The Putinization of Donald Trump
When President Trump spoke at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia in January, he reportedly brought along his own staff to clap and cheer.
Global Politics
Trump tried to ice out the intelligence community from his effort to create a back channel to Russia
A mural of then President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Belgrade, Serbia, December 4, 2016.
Conflict
Russian journalists’ advice to US reporters: ‘Don’t be nervous’ and ‘keep working’
President Donald Trump and aid at the Oval Office in the White House.
Conflict
Breitbart alumni shape the message at Trump’s White House
Trump’s Immigration Ban, Security Council Shakeup, NATO Reckons With Russia
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Lithuanian soldiers during military exercises in Rapina, Estonia.
Conflict
Unease in the Baltics as US allies watch Trump praise Putin
Putin press conference 2016
Conflict
Putin: Nobody believed Trump would win ‘except us’
Obama press conference
Media
Watch Obama’s last press conference of 2016
Scene from Nina Khrushcheva's New School office
Propaganda primer for post-War on Terror America
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Trump and Russia's history on interference
Conflict
Trump: The president Russia wants?
Justice
Russian-style anti-gay legislation has inspired homophobic attacks in Kyrgyzstan
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
Global Politics
Today’s Kerry-Putin photo op doesn’t mean Moscow is coming in from the cold
A man sells cotton candy as he pushes his bicycle along a street in the rebel held al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah town, in Deraa province.
Conflict
Here’s why the partial truce in Syria has astounded even the experts
Crimean Tatar singer Susana Jamaladinova, known as Jamala, performs during the Ukrainian national qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest outside Kiev, Ukraine, February 21, 2016.
Media
Ukraine’s Eurovision 2016 entry is about Stalin’s repression, and Russia isn’t thrilled
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departing from Malta found for Tripoli, Libya in October, 2011.
Conflict
‘There’s a reason that Hillary Clinton has not been emphasizing her international experience’
Members of the Russian motorcycle group called 'Nachtwoelfe' (Night Wolves) arrive at the former German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, Germany May 4, 2015.
Culture
Not Waco: Being Putin’s favorite motorcycle gang has its perks
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a live broadcast nationwide call-in in Moscow April 16, 2015.
Global Politics
On politics and puppies, with Vladimir Putin
Russia's President Vladimir Putin giving his State of the Nation speech.
Global Politics
Putin is defiant in his State of the Nation speech
The Russian film "Da i Da" ("Yes and Yes") directed by Valeria Gai Germanika
Culture
Russian curses are inventive, widely-used — and banned
People attend a rally in support of Scotland's independence referendum, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Global Politics
Russia says ‘Yes’ to self-determination — as long as it’s not within Russia
Visitors in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk walk past TV sets during Russian President Vladimir Putin's live nationwide phone-in.
Global Politics
Host Vladimir Putin will take your questions now
Russian OMON security forces detained dozens outside a Moscow courthouse, where anti-Putin protestors were sentenced to up to four years in prison.
Conflict & Justice
Inside and outside a Moscow courtroom, Russia cracks down on dissent
A view of the Bolshoi Ice Palace in the Adler district of Sochi. The building is the hockey venue for the Sochi 2014 Olympics, which begin on February 7th. After the Olympics, it will serve as a sports arena and concert venue.
Sports
There’s a reason the Sochi Olympics are called ‘Putin’s Games’