An estimated 1.5million soldiers and civilians alike died in the hellish apocalypse that was the Siege of Leningrad – the most murderous blockade in history. Vladimir Putin's mother survived the ...

Exiled Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan tell Newsweek about Vladimir Putin's crackdown and their book "Our Dear Friends In Moscow."

Putin Wanted His Hit Man Back. A Mother Wanted Her Journalist Son to Come Home. Story by Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw, Bojan Pancevski, Aruna Viswanatha • 10mo

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ask former Syrian President Assad for help in obtaining information on American journalist Austin Tice after he was taken prisoner 12 years ago.

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported,

MOSCOW — The mother of U.S. journalist Austin Tice sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter late Wednesday asking for his help in finding her son, who went missing in Syria a dozen years ago.

A Moscow theater director and mother of two was sentenced to eight years in prison for social media posts critical of the Russian president.

An estimated 1.5million soldiers and civilians alike died in the hellish apocalypse that was the Siege of Leningrad – the most murderous blockade in history. Vladimir Putin's mother survived the ...