President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that it was to stop separatism that he enacted a National Security and Defence Council ban on negotiations with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin in 2022, as the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual marathon press conference is perhaps best summarized as a mashup of a municipal ...

Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates ...

Hours before India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv.

Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the existence of the Russian state but “there has never been such a need,” President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with state media ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in ...

The billionaire SpaceX owner and the Kremlin leader, who is still at war with Ukraine, have discussed geopolitical divisions, business and personal subjects since late 2022, the Wall Street Journal ...

Several news outlets reported a rumor this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had suffered a cardiac arrest, collapsing in the presidential bedroom. The reports added that the 71-year-old ...

But President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, speaking at an annual news conference, showed little sign of backing down from his ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. More than two years after he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government in Moscow, Russia. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Reuters Putin’s war in Ukraine is not just about territory—it’s a ...