In what was largely a formality, Vladimir Putin was confirmed in office in the Russian presidential elections with 52.9% of ...

He is poised to continue this game of pretending to seek peace while waging war for months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

For too long, we in the West have underestimated Putin’s global ideological vision as an animating force for his foreign-policy agenda. The tragic consequence is that today Putinism is advancing ...

Hecker’s story is a grizzly odyssey. The book is full of crisp soundbites. One I liked best, towards the end of the book, quotes someone saying that Russia has become, not an emerging economy, but a ...

When Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned from office ... He observes that there has always been a tendency in Russia to favor a "strong hand" in government. "They've always wanted a strong leader ...

Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia ... The man who was thus hand-picked has thrown the world into turmoil. On this anniversary of Yeltsin’s death, one does not have to be a Ukrainian ...

Harri Tiido explores the intriguing nature of Russia with the help of Sergei Šelin. According to Šelin, Russia's "special ...

For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was necessary to fulfilling it.

But Boris Yeltsin and the new Russian government made ... First, we refused to offer the hand of friendship to Russia and refused to try to build a good, solid relationship based on trade and ...