The Kremlin paints a picture of a society united by war, but underneath, frustration is festering as all avenues of creativity and dissent or controlled or blocked.

January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

Russia’s mysterious UVB-76 “Doomsday Radio” sparked global speculation after unexpectedly broadcasting Swan Lake, a symbol historically linked to political crises, amid heightened tensions following alleged threats involving President Putin.

Russia’s “foreign agent” law, established in 2012 to identify individuals and organizations that received international funding, has become a tool to criminally prosecute and ban from public life anyone who disagrees with the state.

When President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down in Alaska Friday for their high-stakes meeting about the war in Ukraine, the two leaders will bring differing ideas about ending the war that Russia began over three years ago. At the same ...

NATO jets shot down Russian drones that entered Polish airspace overnight, and Poland invoked NATO's Article 4. Mary Louise Kelly talks with former deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller. OK, shifting our focus overseas now. You may be familiar ...

Putin’s overt provocations against the West are a reminder of the constant military threat posed by the country. By floating near Britain’s shoreline, the Kremlin’s fleet can attempt to intimidate and simulate a critical attack on the UK – one that could leave us scrambling in the dark to respond to.

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A Russian official named Roman Starovoit acted as the Kremlin's Transportation Minister was reported dead hours after Putin fired him. Officials say he died by suicide. A high-ranking government minister has died just hours after the president relieved him ...