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Vladimir Putin

Putin’s Useful Idiots

David A. Graham

February 24, 2022

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How Far Will Biden Go to Stop Putin?

February 24, 2022

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The Atlantic Daily: What to Read to Understand the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

February 22, 2022

Smoke rises from a power station as tension rises after Russia's recognition of Ukraine's breakaway regions in Schastia town of Luhansk, Ukraine on February 22, 2022.

Putin Chooses a Forever War

February 21, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin’s Hall of Mirrors

February 21, 2022

Putin walking with army officials

The Atlantic Daily: Don’t Forget About the Ukrainians

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

February 18, 2022

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Russia Answers NATO

February 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin Is a Product of Modernity

February 9, 2022

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The Sliding-Doors Approach to the Russia Crisis

February 6, 2022

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The Reason Putin Would Risk War

February 3, 2022

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The Atlantic Daily: Vladimir Putin Is Testing U.S. Foreign Policy

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

February 1, 2022

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Putin’s No Chess Master

January 26, 2022

Only Putin Knows What Happens Next

January 23, 2022

What John McCain Would Say About Putin and Ukraine

January 14, 2022

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World War III?

December 20, 2021

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Why Are Republicans Siding With Russia?

December 16, 2021

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Putin Is Taking a Huge Gamble

December 10, 2021

The People of the Soil Have Won

June 16, 2021

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How Putin Got Into America’s Mind

Dominic Tierney

September 13, 2020

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A KGB Man to the End

September 2020 Issue

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The Big Story: Putin’s Plan for the Next Election

June 18, 2020

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Putin Pays Backhanded Tribute to Democracy

January 16, 2020

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Putin’s Big Lie

January 5, 2020

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Russia’s Twin Nostalgias

December 7, 2019

A woman holding a portrait of Stalin places flowers near the monument signifying Joseph Stalin's grave near the Kremlin wall to mark the anniversary of Stalin's birth.

Russian Jokes Tell the Brutal Truth

November 29, 2019

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

A Russian Journalist’s Arrest Counters the Image of Putin the Puppet Master

June 11, 2019

Ivan Golunov speaks with the media in Moscow after his release from jail.

How Trump Thinks He Can Outsmart Putin

Peter Nicholas and Kathy Gilsinan

May 14, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Putin the Word Out

May 3, 2019

Trump’s Surreal Phone Call With Vladimir Putin

David A. Graham

May 3, 2019

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin