Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

In contrast, the Russian Federation has been referred to as an “imitation democracy”. It has institutions that one would find in democratic systems of government (a parliament and a directly elected ...

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into ...

Peer into the minds of the American, Chinese and Russian presidents, and you won’t see clashing ideologies but a common ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

But it is believed that despite his iron grip - Putin's empire is still built ... as a "mortal blow" to Russia and "a knife in the back of our people". Vladimir Putin let slip the biggest ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Iranian counterpart President Masoud Pezeshkian for the signing of a broad ...

Pursuing a policy of peace through strength is vital to Ukraine’s survival and America’s security. The United States and its ...

Don’t look now but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s would-be global empire is getting smaller by the month. And 2025 is likely to be even more perilous for the dictator and Russian prestige ...

President Vladimir Putin will one day be replaced (sooner ... a giant three-legged empire consisting of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine and stretching 11 time zones from the Baltic in the northwest ...