Please, sir, can he have some more? Russian President Vladimir Putin is going hat-in-hand to wealthy oligarchs, asking them to donate cold hard cash to boost the country’s depleted economy during its war in Ukraine.

As the Iran War sparks higher oil prices, and the U.S. lifts sanctions on Russian exports, Moscow’s war chest is set to explode, fueling its missile blitzes on Ukraine.

With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications.

For four years, analysts and policymakers have warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot afford to lose” in Ukraine. Increasingly, some argue

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Under the strain of war and sanctions, revenues were falling, production was shrinking, and trade was running low. With rising tariffs, credit was prohibitively expensive and borrowing all but impossible: A wave of bankruptcies was on the horizon.

Vladimir Putin’s top aides are snickering behind Donald Trump’s back because they think the Russian tyrant is playing the MAGA leader like a fiddle. British spies have repeatedly shared with their U.S. counterparts intercepted calls and texts between ...

One year into his second term, Donald Trump has performed a full foreign policy about-turn, from staunch isolationist to committed interventionist. In Moscow, this has caused a mixture of ecstasy and nervousness, depending on who the US President has in ...

Watch as Armenian PM Pashinyan champions democracy and free speech, making Putin visibly uneasy during a Kremlin meeting.

In a rare blunt exchange at the Kremlin, Russia's president issued a public warning to Armenia, telling Yerevan to choose between the EU and Russia. The Armenian prime minister responded that in his country,