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Reuters Putin’s Willing Executioner
The Kremlin may be losing its grip on a boogeyman of its own making.
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Toby Melville / Reuters The Moment Russia Went Fully Rogue
Poisoning a British citizen on British soil crossed a line—and presaged nearly a decade of bad behavior.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Will ISIS Force Russia and the West Together?
In the space of a year, Vladimir Putin has gone from being a pariah to being courted by Western powers.
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RIA Novosti / Reuters The Political Heirs of Vladimir Putin
Can nepotism create the next generation of Russian leaders? The country's past century suggests it won’t be so simple.
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Reuters Egypt Plane Crash: The Russian Media Veers Into Conspiracy
A few commentators point to one possible culprit—the West.
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters That Time Jimmy Carter Emailed Putin About ISIS
The former U.S. president joked that he could provide maps to help Russia target the Islamic State more accurately.
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Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters Can Containment Work Against Modern Russia?
The country’s deep integration into the global economy complicates Cold War-style strategy.
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Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Why Russia Is So Afraid of French Cheese
What if restrictions on Western food are more than just a post-imperial temper tantrum?
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters Putin Gets Caught in His Own Trap
The war in Ukraine and shifts in energy markets have put the Russian leader in a bind.
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Marko Djurica / Reuters Is This the End of Ukraine’s Peace Process?
Having failed to achieve its objectives in Ukraine through negotiations, Russia is turning to other means.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Is the United States Selling Out Ukraine?
U.S. officials are turning to Russia for help with Iran and Syria, even as the Ukrainian conflict persists.
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RIA Novosti/Reuters The Kremlin's Youth Strategy
Vladimir Putin is recruiting young officials to reshape Russia's bureaucracy in his own image.
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Reuters Why Eastern Ukraine Could Become Russia’s Next ‘Frozen Conflict’
This has happened before in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The rest of the world just wasn't paying attention.
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RIA Novosti/Reuters Is Putin Looking for a Way Out of Ukraine?
The president's favorite journalist has floated an exit strategy.
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Reuters/Stringer 'Ukraine Is Run by a Guy Who Makes Chocolate'
Interpreting the meaning of an election conceived in chaos
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Andrei Romanov/Reuters Russia's Counterrevolution Is Gaining Strength—for Now
How long can the Kremlin sustain the nationalist euphoria whipped up by its actions in Ukraine?
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Tatyana Makeva/Reuters 5 Things We've Learned About Russia Since the Crimean Crisis
Fourteen years after assuming power, Putin's quest to remold the country in his image is complete.
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Wikimedia Commons Is It Time for Ukraine to Split Up?
One expert thinks the country would be better off if it were partitioned.
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Reuters Vladimir Putin, Conservative Icon
The Russian president is positioning himself as the world's leading defender of traditional values.
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Reuters Ukraine's Threat to Putin
Why the protests in Kiev could deal a major blow to official corruption in Russia
