Media suppression, corruption and the murder of political rivals have marked the regime of Vladimir Putin, who is running for his third term as president in Russia's election next week. Despite mass ...

Today in books and literature: Julian Barnes is the favorite to win the Man Booker Prize, the Vladimir Putin biography that had the Frankfurt Book Fair buzzing, and the "safety precaution" that led to ...

The 21st century is shaping up to be a new Age of Dictators. None is scarier, future history books may well judge, than Russian President Vladimir Putin. His war with Ukraine is a gambler’s war. The ...

Since June 12, 2013, Putin has been the leader of the non-governmental movement All-Russia People’s Front, created at his initiative as a coalition of social and political forces MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/ ...

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, Russia (now Saint Petersburg), and has been the President of Russia since 2012, having previously held the position from 2000 to ...

Vladimir Putin “has added two investigative journalists to a Kremlin kill list” after their explosive new biography alleged the Russian president manipulated a young companion and described his late ...

After five years as Russia's leader, career KGB man Vladimir Putin has finally acquired the aura of an American politician. George Bush might notice the change this week when the two men sit down ...

How much does a mutiny in Russia really matter? It was startling when Russian mercenaries turned away from Ukraine and drove toward Moscow. Rather than crush that uprising, President Vladimir Putin ...

Influential German broadcaster and author Hubert Seipel, who interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin and wrote two books about him, received 600,000 euros ($646,000) from companies associated ...

On March 18, 2018 Putin was re-elected as Russia’s president by a 76.69% majority vote MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin leads the presidential race with 87.32% of ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace talks about the centers of power in Russia, and how they could pose a threat to Russian President Putin. How ...