Born in Leningrad in 1952, Vladimir Putin rose from a determined KGB officer to Russia’s most powerful leader since Stalin.

Now most people in Western countries - apart from a few silly populists - can see the sinister reality of the Russian ...

Inside the courtship of Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, his first imperial subject—from a chance encounter in ...

Russia's Federal Security Service said on Tuesday it's opened a criminal case against exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail ...

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had opened a criminal case against exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail ...

Here’s a look at the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1952 Birth place: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia Birth name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Father: ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Vladimir Putin allegedly believed it would be over in a fortnight. Three years on, the Russian president is showing no signs of weakening his assault on ...

The factory explosion gives insight not only into the industrial slaughter in Russia but also into the social relations ...

Belarusian strongman and Soviet throwback has ruled since 1994, forging close ties with Russia while brutally cracking down ...

For anyone who watched Vladimir Putin’s rise to power in the early 2000s, the Trump administration’s crackdown on Jimmy ...

One of Putin’s true wins is his quarter century in power. Although Russia is a militant autocracy, the reason for Putin’s ...