Media suppression, corruption and the murder of political rivals have marked the regime of Vladimir Putin, who is running for his third term as president in Russia's election next week. Despite mass ...

Today in books and literature: Julian Barnes is the favorite to win the Man Booker Prize, the Vladimir Putin biography that had the Frankfurt Book Fair buzzing, and the "safety precaution" that led to ...

Fiona Hill, a Russian expert and former White House adviser, who witnessed meetings between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, ...

For the full story, click here. We revisit host Scott Tong's conversation from July with longtime foreign correspondent Philip Short about his book "Putin." It takes a close examination of the life ...

Since June 12, 2013, Putin has been the leader of the non-governmental movement All-Russia People’s Front, created at his initiative as a coalition of social and political forces MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/ ...

Vladimir Putin's early life in Leningrad reveals a journey shaped by ordinary Soviet schooling, a pivotal German immersion ...

Vladimir Putin “has added two investigative journalists to a Kremlin kill list” after their explosive new biography alleged the Russian president manipulated a young companion and described his late ...

The 21st century is shaping up to be a new Age of Dictators. None is scarier, future history books may well judge, than Russian President Vladimir Putin. His war with Ukraine is a gambler’s war. The ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace talks about the centers of power in Russia, and how they could pose a threat to Russian President Putin. How ...

On March 18, 2018 Putin was re-elected as Russia’s president by a 76.69% majority vote MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin leads the presidential race with 87.32% of ...