President George W. Bush, in a joking slip of the tongue, once referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as Rasputin, an association that may not be too far-fetched in terms of their similarities.

Philosopher, Aleksandr Dogin, known as "Putin's brain," who is believed to be an influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin, has said that Moscow should arm its allies. Pictured, Putin in Saint ...

After countless Ukraine war misdeeds and the recent sentencing of dissident activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years’ imprisonment, Putin ranks equal to Vlad the Impaler, Rasputin, and Jack the ...

Vladimir Medinsky’s statements reveal Moscow’s fear that Ukraine might follow Azerbaijan’s path, militarily reclaiming ...

Alexander Dugin isn’t a regular pundit. He’s more Rasputin than Kissinger—equal parts political theorist, mystic nationalist, and civilisational evangelist. Born in the Soviet Union in 1962, Dugin ...

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, ... Vladimir Putin’s alleged ideological Rasputin, to Rosario Murillo, the powerful Rasputin-slash-first lady behind Nicaragua’s tyrannical leader, ...

When he was 18, Rasputin underwent a religious conversion at a monastery and then returned to his hometown where he married and had children. Rasputin left family life and made his way through ...