A Kremlin-friendly newspaper is sending a stark message to FBI Director Kash Patel ahead of his trip to Russia, saying "the White House would like something from Russia" and asked "What will we get in return?" Former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance and Staff Writer at The Atlantic Tom Nichols join Alicia Menendez to share their reaction to the visit.
The party, Yabloko, has navigated a delicate balancing act with an increasingly heavy-handed Kremlin, but its pro-peace manifesto turned out to be the red line.
Ukraine’s campaign to bring the war home to ordinary Russians is meant to pressure the Kremlin to negotiate. Moscow has acted as if there were no crisis.
Boris B. Nadezhdin, an outspoken opponent of the war in Ukraine, says he knows why he was detained: “Among our leadership, there is panic and chaos.”
Published July 5, 2026 MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Russia following what the Kremlin described as a “constructive” and “businesslike” Independence Day telephone conversation that lasted [...]
Weeks of intense strikes by Ukraine have rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent unseen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.
Alexander Sokurov has questioned the Russian president about government repression but he is still controversial among his country’s exiles.
Fearing a loss of influence, groups linked to the Kremlin and intelligence agencies have sought to discredit the country’s prime minister.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia is seeking re-election as his country weighs questions of war and peace, of autocracy and democracy, and of subjugation and independence.
While some powerful Russians shun the West, others want to restore ties and embrace friendly Westerners. President Vladimir V. Putin’s annual economic conference illustrates the conflicting impulses.