Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw its forces from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson — the four regions that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 but never fully controlled.

Mr. Kimmage is a historian of the Cold War and an expert on U.S.-Russian relations. When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022, he was betting against the West. The West — understood as Europe ...

President Donald Trump rarely stops bragging about his “great relationship” with Vladimir Putin. A skeptical world will soon find out whether the supposed mind-meld counts for anything. The ...

Putin also uses his control over Russia’s natural resource wealth to keep his oligarchs in line. He decides which oligarchs are appointed to lead Russia’s major state-owned oil, gas, mineral ...

The late U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) during a special Twilight Tattoo performance on November 14, 2017, at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. A clip from 2014 has resurfaced in which he warned ...

Putin continues to be isolated and has no plan for the war in Ukraine, The Washington Post reported. Putin's inner circle is getting increasingly frustrated with him, sources told The Post.

LONDON -- In his first public remarks on the proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Russia is "for it" but that he wants his own security guarantees. Putin raised ...

Mr. Austin is the secretary of defense. Mr. Blinken is the secretary of state. President Vladimir Putin of Russia appalled the world with his full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost three years ago ...

No one can read Vladimir Putin’s mind. But we can read the book that foretells the Russian leader’s imperialist foreign policy. Mikhail Yuriev’s 2006 utopian novel, The Third Empire: Russia ...