In their encounters with Western art, Soviet audiences found ways to reimagine themselves.

Both opposition leader Juan Guiadó and sitting president Nicolás Maduro are acting for an international audience.

A pro-Trump intellectual's attempt to ascribe a method to the president's madness shows just how hopeless that is.

The appeal of an outsider—particularly in a country beset by corruption—can be strong. But outsiders can also be risky bets.

Even with redactions, the Mueller report contains ample evidence Trump and his campaign sought foreign help in 2016.

A former Clinton and Obama attorney was charged under Foreign Agents law for work done with convicted Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukraine.

Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 sparked an international crisis.

Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, triumphing in Ukraine's first round of presidential elections, has become the world's latest entertainer-politician.

Forget the Mueller report. Russia is still meddling in democracies everywhere, and Ukraine is trying to fight back.

The attorney general's take on the Mueller report goes through contortions to avoid charging the president with a crime.

Economic liberalization can be just as traumatic as military intervention.

The U.S. government went looking for someone to blame for Russia's interference in the 2016 election—and found Maria Butina, the perfect scapegoat.

A new exhibition is a beautiful investigation of a little-known corner of Sino-Soviet cultural history.

Even without BuzzFeed’s explosive report about Michael Cohen, the evidence shows that the president has persuaded his associates to lie to Congress and the feds.

To date, 34 of them were killed in retaliation for their work, nearly doubling last year's number.

How a Democratic-controlled House can salvage the Russia investigation

Matthew Weiner’s new show had the potential to reckon with the uses and abuses of the past.