Organizers said they did not want “to provoke, but to pause power for a moment and highlight something human.”

Grim new images of a pale, gaunt Vladimir Putin have fuelled fresh health rumors, exposing a far more dangerous truth: the Kremlin has no plan for his death. The 73-year-old president appears markedly thinner and drained in recent photographs, including one showing him meeting election chief Ella Pamfilova in Moscow.

To recall the last negotiated peace with Russia is to tell a depressing tale. Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2014, annexing Crimea and then moving regular and irregular forces into the Donbas, in the country’s east. After months of war and intense ...

In recent months, the normally placid waters of Russian politics have been marked by the appearance of small but noticeable ripples—not yet indicators that Vladimir Putin’s hold on power is in immediate danger but that the war in Ukraine is beginning ...

Two huge floats depicted President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin as "The Kissing Couple" during the Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade on Saturday

When or if President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Budapest towards month’s end, will the outcome be a stunning Gaza II-like agreement ending, leading to an end of the Ukraine War? Or will it be a repeat of the failure in Alaska ...

HONG KONG — China-Russia relations are at a “historic high,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Wednesday as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing days after he hosted U.S. President Donald Trump. “The international landscape is ...

The head of Russia’s Orthodox Church betrays his faith to support the state.