Russia's Putin says world has no future without arms control system

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the world would have no future without a system of arms control, with the ...

Why Did Russia Sell Alaska? The History of Russia’s Ties to the U.S. State

The meeting between President Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is taking place in a region rich with significance for ...

Russia’s feminist paradise proved anything but — even before Putin

A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy” is to take a rambling ride — or a crash course if this is ...
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For Putin, history is a weapon — and Ukraine is the target

In July 2021, Putin penned a history-laden pamphlet arguing that Ukrainians and Russians are kindred nations, artificially ...
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Did Putin’s ‘tiny flying Chernobyl’ trigger Trump to restart nuclear tests? Unpacking US-Russia war of words

President Trump orders US military to restart nuclear weapons testing after three decades, citing Russia and China's growing ...

A Celebrated French Writer Loved Russia. War Forced a Reckoning.

Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the ...

Orbán’s plea to Trump poses first big test of US sanctions on Russian oil

For months, US President Donald Trump has berated European Union countries for continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, saying this helps fuel the Kremlin’s war machine and prolong the war in ...

Beware the Anglo-Saxons! Why Russia likes to invoke a medieval tribe when talking about the West

Take the new Russian state-backed film “Tolerance .” Released in September 2025 to a less than enthusiastic public response, ...