Russia, Putin
Washington and the West struggle for a way forward with Putin’s Russia
In the United States and Europe, there is growing uncertainty about how to counter Putin’s aggression without stoking a direct conflict with Russia.
One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.
Russia will be ‘at war’ with NATO if Ukraine long-range missile restrictions lifted, Putin warns
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO alliance leaders that a move to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of longer-range Western missiles to strike deep inside his country would be considered an act of war.
Russia expels U.K. diplomats; Putin warns against deep strikes with Western weapons
The Russian president issued his sternest warning to date about the use of Western weapons in Ukraine ahead of a meeting of British and U.S. leaders.
Russia's Top Trade Ally Defies Putin's Warning Over Kyiv Weapons
India is helping Ukraine fill its need for artillery shells and shifting the landscape of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Putin threatens NATO amid reports of long-range weapons being allowed to strike inside Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that NATO is escalating a direct war with Russia as the U.S. and Britain discuss allowing NATO-provided weapons to be used by Ukraine to strike targets
Putin ally warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.
Putin makes chilling WW3 threat Russia 'fully ready' to blast nuclear bomb at 'any moment' in Arctic
The explosion would be at an old Soviet test site first used 70 years ago in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and could be used by Vladimir Putin as a warning to the West over Ukraine
Putin is embarking on an aggressive hiring drive to rejuvenate Russia's army. But he can't sustain it, experts say.
The Russian army is set to increase by 180,000, which would make it the second-largest in the world. It's already straining ...
Putin orders Russia to boost size of army by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000, the third ...
Putin orders expansion of Russia’s military to 1.5M active troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s military to expand to 1.5 million active troops, bringing the total ...
Putin Calls for Women To Work and Have 'Many Children' As Birth Rate Falls
In order to achieve "ethnic survival," Putin calls for women to work and have children to combat Russia's falling birth rate.
Putin orders expansion of Russia's active military forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expanding the country's military by adding active troops as its war with Ukraine ...
Why Putin’s Attempt to Rewire Global Trade Is Faltering, in Charts and Maps
Moscow redirected oil sales, but forging new routes for other commodities proves difficult amid high costs and U.S. sanctions ...
Russia Loses 35 Artillery Systems, 118 Vehicles and 1,340 Troops in a Day: Kyiv
Some 35 artillery systems were also taken out by Kyiv during this period, pushing the number further past the 18,000 mark, as well as 52 unmanned aerial vehicles, taking the war's Russian drone tally ...
Alleged would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh may have targeted Trump over Putin: former co-worker
Routh, 58, was arrested on Sunday hours after he aimed an AK-style rifle at Trump from a makeshift sniper’s nest.