Putin is said to be in the "most challenging period" of his nearly 30 years in power amid claims he has become increasingly isolated and paranoid as the conflict grinds on ...

Born into the ruins of postwar Soviet Russia, Vladimir Putin rose from a little-known KGB intelligence officer to become one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in modern history. Trained ...

The Russian dictator’s dreams of greatness threaten Nato and the EU, not just Ukraine. Here are eight ways in which he can be thwarted, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash ...

Vladimir Putin has been warned it could take Russia 140 years to reach Kyiv because of the slow progress it is making in the Ukraine war. British war correspondent Oz Katerji said the conflict “is not ...

The popular leader of a region bordering Ukraine is replaced by a military commander as President Vladimir V. Putin looks to ...

Vladimir Putin does not appear for the first 45 minutes of The Wizard of the Kremlin, an odd choice for a satirical film ...

“Xi has consolidated this position that Great Power politics now must go through Beijing,” one expert tells TIME.

In this spirit, Russian President Vladimir Putin has tried for more than four years to protect the population of Moscow from ...

China’s Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as they traded veiled jabs at ...

Europeans are considering appointing an envoy to Ukraine peace talks with Russia. First, many warn, they need to decide what ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his close ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and said their countries are close ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force for “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, days after Xi hosted President Donald Trump for a ...