When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his triple invasion. . . news and culture and editor-in-chief of The Week since the site was introduced in 2008. He covers politics, global... Read more »

The Russian prosecutor said the suspect, a 29-year-old Uzbek national, confessed to planting the bomb on the orders of Ukrainian agents. Read more »
Russia has intensified its bombardment of Ukraine, launching one of the most brutal attacks since the war began nearly two years ago. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News... Read more »

Russia's Vladimir Putin, in his annual marathon news conference, laments "serious blunders" by his security forces and says he'll meet Trump "any time" about Ukraine. Read more »

Shipments from Ukraine. Day 1028. Kherson region. On December 14, Russian bombings on several municipalities in the Kherson oblast or region, in southern... Read more »

Speaking on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his reign, President Vladimir Putin delivered a positive and mixed message for New Year's Eve, one that failed to address losses in Ukraine... Read more »

The Azerbaijani leader criticized Russia's reaction to the crash of a passenger plane that the Azerbaijani government said likely pierced Russian air defense. Read more »
"For the more than two years, the Russian economy has been running like a marathon runner on fiscal steroids, and now those steroids are fading. " Even if it didn't possibly end... Read more »
Putin seems to believe that "with the Democrats' loss in the U.S. elections, the Western world he has fought against is ... Read more »

The Azerbaijani leader criticized the Russian reaction to the crash of a passenger plane that, according to the Azerbaijani government, probably penetrated Russian air defense. Read more »