Vladimir Putin

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya walk out of a plane after arriving at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia January 17, 2021.

Kremlin Critic Navalny Detained After Landing in Moscow

The Russian opposition leader had spent the previous five months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack that he blamed on the Kremlin

A protester, later identified as Jake Angeli, screaming "Freedom" inside the Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob on January 6, 2021.

Analysis Putin’s Disinformation Campaign Claims Stunning Victory With Capitol Hill ‘Coup’

Russian information warfare ops have had one goal ever since the Cold War began: to sow chaos and undermine Americans’ sense of a shared reality. Trump was just a means to that end

Russian President Vladimir Putin address the nation via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. May 11, 2020,

Russia Moves Rocket Launchers Towards Nagorno-Karabakh After Peace Deal

Reuters reporters saw two Russian truck-mounted Grad multiple missile launch systems in the Lachin Corridor

Signs in Wisconsin. “We don’t [all] live in a post-truth age, but about half of the GOP’s hard-core supporters do,” says Benkler.

Putin's Dark U.S. Election Plot Is More Deceptive Than You Thought

Putin is employing an array of bots and trolls to sway the U.S. election for Trump. But how does it work? Two studies explain

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019.

Netanyahu and Putin Discuss Coronavirus Cooperation, Middle East Security

Israel and Russia, both facing COVID-19 upticks in October, are set to advance collaboration to tackle the virus

Putin Says He Has Noted Joe Biden's Harsh anti-Russian Rhetoric

Biden is campaigning against Republican incumbent Donald Trump for the presidential election on Nov. 3

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands during a break in the hearing on his appeal in a court in Moscow, Russia, 2018.

The Man Putin Fears Most: Deciphering the Navalny Enigma

The producer of a documentary on Putin's critic who was poisoned in August explains why he found Navalny as great a mystery as the Russian president himself - and how he dealt with the film's director being brutally murdered

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his family members pose for a picture at Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, in this undated image obtained from social media September 15, 2020.

Putin Investigators Targeting LGBTQs, Navalny, Use Israeli Phone-hacking Tech

Russia’s Investigative Committee, headed by Putin associate Alexander Bastrykin, claimed it used Cellebrite’s technology more than 26,000 times for hacking phones

Presidents Putin and Trump at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019.

How Does a Russian Troll Farm Work? This New HBO Documentary Reveals All

Alex Gibney’s two-part documentary ‘Agents of Chaos’ collates all of the evidence on how Russia is undermining American democracy, while Netflix’s ‘Enola Holmes’ is an enchanting family film

Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus' opposition leaders, gestures during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, August 30, 2020.

Belarusian Protest Leader Detained After Failed Attempt to Expel Her

Interfax Ukraine news agency says Maria Kolesnikova had deliberately ripped up her passport so that Ukrainian border officials would not be able to let her through

Kremlin Critic Navalny Has Come Out of Coma, Berlin Hospital Says

'It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning,' the hospital said in a brief statement

Russian soldiers wearing WWII-era uniforms march in Red Square during the Victory Day parade marking 75 years since the Nazi defeat in WWII. June 24, 2020.

Opinion Russia’s Campaign to Rewrite WWII History Is Dividing the Balkans. Just as Putin Intended

Russia’s WWII historical revisionism is a key vector for Putin’s wider agitation and influence strategies in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia and Serbia. Its wider repercussions could be disastrous

President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2020.

Germany Says Nerve Agent Novichok Found in Putin Critic Navalny

Novichok, a Soviet-era nerve agent, was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on global energy markets via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia April 3, 2020

'Putin, Have Some Tea': Russian City Holds Eighth anti-Kremlin Protest

'Putin, have some tea,' protesters chanted as they marched on the city's main thoroughfare, in a reference to the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny who fell gravely ill this month after drinking a cup of tea at an airport cafe

Maria Kolesnikova. “When we show that we are not alone, we are many, it’s no longer a matter of money. It’s a matter of solidarity, the strongest tool.”

The Flute Player Who's Showing Belarusians How to Topple a Tyrant

Protest leader Maria Kolesnikova realizes the danger that lurks for those who oppose President Alexander Lukashenko, but she isn't backing down

Protesters holding a wait ribbon, a symbol of protest, stand in front of the Church of Saints Simon and Helena during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, August 27, 2020.

Putin: Russia Is Ready to Provide Security Help to Belarus

President tells Russia’s state television that Lukashenko has asked him to prepare a Russian law enforcement contingent to deploy to Belarus if necessary but sees no need now

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a court hearing in Moscow on June 16, 2017.

Russian Opposition Politician Navalny in Coma After 'Suspected Poisoning'

Navalny, 44, was in intensive care and on an artificial lung ventilator, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on social media

Britain and NATO Escort Russian Warships in Sea Near U.K.

'The Royal Navy demonstrated its flexibility in being able to shadow the Russian Navy units,' said Commander Will Paston, Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Westminster

Putin: Russia Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine, Hopes to Begin Mass Production Soon

Vaccine approved after less than two months of human testing, stirring concerns that Russia may be putting national prestige before sound science and safety

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's President Hassan Rohani during a video conference call, dedicated to the conflict in Syria, in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2020.

Russia Behind Spread of Coronavirus Disinformation, Says U.S. Official

Officials described the Russian disinformation as part of an ongoing and persistent effort to advance false narratives and cause confusion

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 19, 2020.

Putin Says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons

Weapons are in final testing phase, says Russia's defense ministry

People seen through a Turkish flag as they gather in front of the Hagia Sophia, after a court decision paving the way for it to be converted from a museum back into a mosque. Istanbul, July 10, 2020

Opinion Erdogan Turns Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque: Islamists Rejoice, Trump Is Silent and Turkey’s Opposition Won’t Be Distracted

‘Hagia Sofia first, then Al-Aqsa’: Erdogan’s decree is a personal ideological triumph that won him global Islamist plaudits and muted international backlash. But it could also energize Turkey’s anti-Erdogan opposition

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of an election commission as he arrives to take part in voting at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2020.