List of Vladimir Putin articles
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump talk at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11, 2017. Putin Expects a Long Confrontation With America Under Biden
As Putin refuses to congratulate Biden, all eyes in the Kremlin are on the president-elect’s new team.
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U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb. 19 and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremony in Jerusalem on Jan. 23. Why the Kremlin May Be Rooting for Biden
Most Russians are afraid a President Biden would bring a chill in relations, but insiders hold a more nuanced view.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. America’s Dysfunctional Russia Policy Is Unlikely to Improve Under Biden
A continued stalemate in Washington makes this a moment of great danger for Europe.
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence participate in the vice presidential debate moderated by Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today Susan Page at the University of Utah on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Is a Vice President Who Doesn’t Know Much About Foreign Policy a National Security Risk?
Pence and Harris talked about international politics at the debate, but their performances will leave voters asking if they would be ready to act as commander in chief.
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People hold Russian national flags during a celebration ceremony of National Flag Day at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on Aug. 22. What It Would Take for Russia’s Millennials to Topple Putin
Younger Russians are dissatisfied with the regime but are generally apolitical. Here’s how to change that.
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Actor Charlie Sheen attends a charity softball game to benefit “California Strong” at Pepperdine University on January 13, 2019 in Malibu, California. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for California Strong) How Russia Tried to Weaponize Charlie Sheen
What’s behind an odd, international campaign to free a Russian operative from a Libyan jail?
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin Finland’s President Can Hold His Own With Both Putin and Trump
Sauli Niinisto is hugely popular at home—and is one of the few world leaders who has the respect of both Washington and Moscow.
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A gathering in support of Alexei Navalny What Does Putin Stand to Gain (and Lose) by Going After Navalny?
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has survived his brush with a Russian nerve agent. But the attempt on his life says a lot about what Russia has become.
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People carry a banner reading "Return Furgal for Us" during an unauthorized rally in support of governor Sergei Furgal in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Aug. 8. In Russia, All Politics Is Local
Ahead of this weekend’s elections, the biggest threat to Putin is not a nationwide uprising—it is a series of smaller protests over deeply felt local concerns.
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A woman holds a forbidden Belarusian flag during a protest rally in Minsk on Aug. 14. The Trump Administration Has Gone AWOL on Belarus
The Belarusian people may yet achieve the end of the Lukashenko era, but it will be in spite of the United States’ silence.
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A protest in Belarus Time Is Running Out in Belarus
Putin is signaling he wants a clear resolution—but he may not mind which side wins.
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Demonstrators protest against the results of the recent Belarusian presidential election outside the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow on Aug. 12. If Lukashenko Falls, Is Putin Next?
Russian autocracy is different, but Belarus should still be a cautionary tale.
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People holding placards with images of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko Lukashenko Doesn’t Want to Be Putin’s Deputy Tsar
Russia will do just enough to prop up Belarus’s tottering regime.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko plant a tree during a ceremony unveiling the Soviet Soldier Memorial near Rzhev, Russia on June 30, 2020. Is Belarus Putin’s Next Target?
As protests rock another post-Soviet state, the Kremlin could be in an annexationist mood.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Baku, Azerbaijan in December 2003. Putin Is Ruling Russia Like a Central Asian Dictator
The Kremlin didn’t invent term limit resets and constitutional referendums. The autocratic leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan blazed the trail.
