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

What went awry? Putin is the main culprit for Russia’s return to authoritarianism, aggression and hostility to the West. But ...

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

Ahead of Russian Students’ Day and the 270th anniversary of Moscow University marked on5, Vladimir Putin visited the ...

The sanctioned businessmans assets in the country have been frozen since 2022 Russian billionaire and former owner of Chelsea ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming ...

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

To understand the shakedown empire that was once Syria under former President Bashar Assad, consider the notorious Al-Khatib ...

THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin ... Russia and Iran fought wars in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the Russian Empire capturing broad territories in the Caucasus and the Caspian ...

To compound Moscow’s growing problem, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported ... quickly. Putin’s empire is also beginning to implode from within. Earlier this month we noted that during ...