Russia’s 2026 parliamentary elections will take place over three days, starting Sept. 18.
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Moscow’s influence is Eastern Europe has been slipping of late, including with the loss of a stalwart ally in Hungary. The battleground, as ever, remains Ukraine.
Nations are becoming adept at provocations that fall in the area between routine peacetime actions and open warfare.
Polling in Russia suggests strong support for President Vladimir Putin. Yet below the surface, popular sentiment is more mixed.
Moscow’s framing of its enemies as ‘Anglo-Saxon’ follows a strategy of misusing history to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
The US president has announced that arrangements are in the works for a meeting between the wartime leaders.
For all the talk of security guarantees for Ukraine, the peace being looked at by the US president looks to be aligned with that desired by his Russian counterpart.
The 90-minute film depicts Vladimir Putin in the gym, the kitchen and musing about how the West is responsible for trying to bring down Russia.
A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ‘political neomedievalism’ by the Kremlin.
Georgian legislation directly mirrors a contentious law Russia passed more than a decade ago to stifle dissent and quash the power of civil society groups.
From terrorist attacks to submarine disasters, Russia’s longtime leader has shown to be vulnerable in the face of crises.
If a peace deal isto be reached it’s important to understand why Russia wanted this war.
Russia and Vietnam pledge to strengthen ties as Vladimir Putin visits Hanoi.
It is the first time a playwright and director have been put on trial for a play in Russia.
Putin’s trip to Beijing may not have gained him as many trade benefits as he had hoped.
Georgia is backsliding toward Russia’s sphere of influence.
After five years of operating mostly in western Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Islamist terror groups are again growing in strength in the West.
While Putin is all but guaranteed to win, war fatigue, electoral engineering and extreme risk-aversion suggest that the Kremlin is anxious to get these elections over and done with.
Recent laws and pro-Putin sentiment by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have sparked concern that the Central Asian country is backsliding on democracy.
The US has imposed another round of sanctions following the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. But will it work?
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