Vladimir Putin

If domestic order is upended, there's no telling where Russian foreign policy may go in the years ahead.

• By Tamara Evdokimova

Despite President Vladimir Putin's promises to review the situation, no one expects that Russia will extradite the accused individuals, so why indict them at all?

• By Joel Samuels

New polling shows that the majority of Americans now believe Russia interfered in the last presidential election.

• By Francie Diep

The hackers used spearfishing messages and installed malicious software to spy on users and steal data.

• By Kate Wheeling

Donald Trump's continued criticism of the political and military alliance has member-states concerned, and could impact the president's first bilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin.

• By Garret Martin & Balazs Martonffy

Vladimir Putin has created a non-democratic model that leveraged the failures of previous attempts at democracy in its ascent to dominance.

• By Brian Grodsky

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• By Ian Hurley
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A group of Senate Democrats is requesting an investigation into Wendy Teramoto's business ties to the Russian president's billionaire associates.

• By Dan Alexander & Derek Kravitz

Campaign employees reportedly used a personal cell phone to facilitate multiple appearances for Stein on RT News.

• By Morgan Baskin

Reveling in the anniversary of the Bolshevik uprising is a difficult proposition for an authoritarian government.

• By Cynthia Hooper

Natalia Veselnitskaya shared a memo with the prosecutor general months before her June 2016 meeting with Trump Jr.

• By Morgan Baskin

The U.S. and Russia announced a ceasefire in Syria on Monday—but with Russia's track record in conflict resolution, it is anything but certain.

• By Cameron Hood

How to decipher the Russian president’s mystifying statements on global warming.

• By Brian Palmer

Opening remarks from world leaders were long on hope and short on details. In this case, that's precisely what we needed.

• By Lucia Graves

The leaders of Russia, China, Germany, and the United States offered ambitious initiatives in their speeches at COP21. How optimistic should we be?

• By Lucia Graves

In committing to an expanded front against ISIS, France risks having the most to lose, while Russia has the most to gain.

• By Cameron Hood

What the Mexican novelist can teach us about the nativist fantasies of Donald Trump.

• By Aaron Bady

Over the past five years, Vladimir Putin’s presidential aide has been publishing fiction under an alias. Desperate for answers, commentators are trying hard to find some meaning in all of the madness.

• By Yuliya Komska

What you need to know about Words Will Break Cement, The Tyranny of Experts, and You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

While the crisis in Crimea might seem anything but rational, when you look at it through the lens of Putin's past actions, it starts to make some sense.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

When entertaining dignitaries, cover-ups are always in vogue.

• By Michael Todd

Commentaries published on CNBC.com and the Huffington Post were written by seemingly independent professionals but placed on behalf of the Russian government by its PR firm, Ketchum.

• By Justin Elliott

Vladimir Putin wants to use typewriters to avoid an Edward Snowden situation. Could you actually do this?

• By Marc Herman