Before Vladimir Putin became the architect of a new Russian authoritarianism, he was a middling KGB bureaucrat monitoring church processions and lying to his girlfriend about his job. This is what his ...

Born into the ruins of postwar Soviet Russia, Vladimir Putin rose from a little-known KGB intelligence officer to become one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in modern history. Trained ...

A weakened international order under President Donald Trump, combined with rising oil prices following the American war against Iran, has emboldened President Vladimir Putin of Russia to keep pressing ...

Putin has gifted Kazakhstan four tigers, including two cubs, from the same endangered breed used by him in a botched PR stunt ...

Vladimir Putin does not appear for the first 45 minutes of The Wizard of the Kremlin, an odd choice for a satirical film ...

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“Xi has consolidated this position that Great Power politics now must go through Beijing,” one expert tells TIME.

In a sign of Ukraine’s rising military might, its exploding drone strikes across Russia are driving Kremlin commander Vladimir Putin underground, into bunker hideouts.

Set in Russia in the years following the fall of communism, The Wizard of the Kremlin doesn't always work dramatically. But ...

The Russian president is facing pressure not only from a stalemate on the battlefield but also from a battered economy that is fueling discontent.

Set in Russia in the years following the fall of communism, The Wizard of the Kremlin doesn't always work dramatically. But you leave with a better understanding of how Vladimir Putin came to power.