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Vladimir Putin

What’s Happening in Russia Is Not an Election

March 14, 2024

Illustration showing a hand inserting a ballot into a box that has Putin's face on it

Trump Encourages Putin to Attack NATO Members

February 10, 2024

The Sanctions Against Russia Are Starting to Work

December 7, 2023

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Putin’s Deal With Wife Killers

November 29, 2023

Juxtaposed photos of Vladimir Putin and Vera Pekhteleva

Why Vladimir Putin Is Embracing Germany’s Far Right

Liana Fix and Caroline Kapp

October 31, 2023

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Putin Is Worried, So He Turned to Anti-Semitism

September 24, 2023

A close-up photo of Vladimir Putin's face seen from the right

The Mercenary Always Loses

August 24, 2023

Illustration showing Prigozhin in the bottom left corner, his face cropped by the frame

Prigozhin’s Death Heralds Even More Spectacular Violence

August 23, 2023

A photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin

Yevgeny Prigozhin May Have the Last Laugh

August 23, 2023

A black-and-white close-up of Vladimir Putin's face shows his eyes narrowed and his brow furrowed.

A Very Public Execution in Russia

August 23, 2023

Close-up picture of Yevgeny Prigozhin looking unhappy

Vladimir Putin and the Parable of the ‘Cornered Rat’

August 2, 2023

A rat stands in a corner painted with the white, blue, and red stripes of the Russian flag.

The Power of a Failed Revolt

June 29, 2023

Photograph of a man holding aRussian flag next to an army tank

The Mutiny Could Be a Gift to Putin

Alexander Gabuev

June 29, 2023

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Russia Has Reached a Dead End

June 29, 2023

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The Three Logics of the Prigozhin Putsch

June 27, 2023

Three soldiers on a balcony

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What Russia’s Whirlwind Crisis Could Mean for Putin

June 26, 2023

What Is Putin Worth to China?

Michael Schuman

June 26, 2023

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin stand back to back in black suits, Xi towering over Putin.

Prigozhin’s Loss Is Ukraine’s Gain

Elliot Ackerman

June 26, 2023

Photograph of Wagner mercenaries on a tank

Putin Is Caught in His Own Trap

June 25, 2023

A civilian walks past a tank

Why Putin Let Prigozhin Go

June 25, 2023

Prigozhin leaving Rostov-on-Don

The Coup Is Over, but Putin Is in Trouble

June 24, 2023

Putin looks concerned in a close-up photo.

Why Coups Fail

June 24, 2023

A foot in a military boot comes down on the first of a line of bricks set up like dominoes to topple

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Putin Talks Tough While Ukraine Makes Gains

June 20, 2023

Photo from Bakhmut, Ukraine

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What Happens if Russia Stashes Nukes in Belarus

May 26, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R)

Russia’s Rogue Commander Is Playing With Fire

Mikhail Fishman

May 19, 2023

Black-and-white photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a bald man in a suit

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The Case for Increasing Aid to Ukraine

May 16, 2023

Zelensky on a screen

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Four Possibilities for the Kremlin Attack

May 3, 2023

A view of the Kremlin

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Putin Presses the Nuclear Nerve Again

April 3, 2023

The Iskander-E missile launcher on display at the International Military Technical Forum outside of Moscow in 2022

The Only Realistic Answer to Putin

David J. Kramer, John Herbst, and William Taylor

March 29, 2023

Red, yellow, and black collage showing pictures of Putin, DeSantis, soldiers, and books

Biden’s Hope vs. Putin’s Lies

February 21, 2023

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Putin’s Desperate Hours

February 21, 2023

Vladimir Putin stands at a lectern, looking downward and holding his hand up to his head.

Biden Just Destroyed Putin’s Last Hope

February 20, 2023

Biden and Zelensky walking together

This Is Not 1943

February 3, 2023

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What Trump and Musk Don’t Get About Russia’s Nuclear Threats

Phillips Payson O’Brien

December 21, 2022

Close-up of Putin looking disappointed

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Christmas in Wartime

December 19, 2022

Christmas tree covered in paper doves

The New Stalin Era

November 13, 2022

An illustration featuring images of Nikita Khrushchev and Joseph Stalin.