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November 7, 2024
Malcolm Ferguson
Russia Throws Cold Water All Over Trump’s Ability to End Ukraine War
Even the Kremlin knows Donald Trump can’t magically end the war in Ukraine.
August 21, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Former Trump Staffer Reveals How Putin Played Him Like a Puppet
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster says Russian President Vladimir Putin preyed on Donald Trump’s “ego and insecurities.”
July 25, 2024
Robert McCoy
Trump Boasts His New Deranged Idea Would Thrill Putin and Kim Jong Un
Donald Trump wants to punish protesters—and he’s taking inspiration from his dictator pals.
June 25, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Team Trump Has a Ukraine Plan—and It’s a Total Nightmare
Donald Trump’s advisers have a new plan on Ukraine, and it gives Russian President Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.
June 6, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Tommy Tuberville’s Latest Claim on Putin Is Deranged—Even for Him
Congress’s biggest Putin suck-up strikes again.
April 22, 2022
Walter Shapiro
The U.S. Needs an Endgame in the Russia-Ukraine War
So far, Biden and the public are fully behind sending arms to fight Russia. But will the time come for a Putin-appeasing peace treaty?
July 24, 2020
Michael Kimmage, Matthew Rojansky
The Problem With Putinology
We need a new kind of writing about Russia.
March 27, 2015
Maia Booker
Love in the Time of Putin
Misha Friedman's intimate portraits of a LGBT couple in Russia.
December 16, 2014
Linda Kinstler
Russia's Currency Crashed Because Vladimir Putin Put His Cronies Before His People
November 7, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Russia's Currency Is Plummeting and Putin's Billionaires Are Cannibalizing Each Other
September 16, 2014
Linda Kinstler
Putin Just Got Exactly What He Wanted in Eastern Ukraine
September 3, 2014
Linda Kinstler
NATO Can't Do Anything to Save Ukraine
But this week's summit is a win for the U.S.
August 28, 2014
Linda Kinstler
Putin Will Never, Ever Admit That Russia Has Invaded Ukraine
August 15, 2014
Linda Kinstler
Russia's Half-Empty Humanitarian Convoy Just Might Start a War With Ukraine
August 15, 2014
Matthew Luxmoore
A City of Roses, Turned to Ruins
Life on the eerie streets of Ukraine's final separatist stronghold
August 6, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Putin Bans Import of Food From Countries That Sanctioned Russia
Cuts off nose to spite face
August 2, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Russian Prosecutor's Office Threatens to Shut Down Russian News Site for Article About Siberian Self-Determination
Isn't that ironic, don't you think?
July 29, 2014
Julia Ioffe
The West Has Cornered Putin—and That's When He's Most Dangerous
July 24, 2014
Linda Kinstler
The MH17 Disaster Is All America's Fault?
Ron Paul and 'The Nation' want the U.S. to stop blaming poor Russia
July 20, 2014
KermlinRussia
A Parable for Putin
Based on a true story.

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