Wartime Russia has seen an unprecedented wave of political arrests. It has included the routing of the political clan of the once-powerful former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu; the detentions of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's political system is showing signs of "ruinous" stagnation, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, in his harshest criticism to date of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ...

The Russian leader emphasized all parliamentary parties have confirmed their high status and demonstrated that they enjoy the trust of their voters NOVO-OGARYOVO, September 18. /TASS/. Russia owes its ...

Whether a 14-year-old protester or an anti-war artist, anyone deemed critical of Putin's regime can be locked up for years in Russia. A new film follows the plight of these political prisoners. In a ...

Since the release of the U.S. 28-point draft peace plan in late November, many officials and observers have suggested that a ceasefire in Ukraine may be on the horizon. Undergirding this view is a ...

The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president. By ...