Vladimir Putin
Our coverage of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, including his relationships with China and the West, and the war in Ukraine
The Intelligence
Vladimir Putin’s penal system looks much like Stalin’s
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Europe
Vladimir Putin blames an Islamist attack on Ukraine and America
How to use a disastrous security failure to bolster dictatorship
Europe
Vladimir Putin begins Operation Blame Ukraine
The Kremlin senses an opportunity in the tragedy of Crocus City Hall
Leaders
Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine
The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians
Europe
Russians go to the polls in a sham election for their president
The charade takes place amid murder and repression
Finance & economics
Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
United States
Vladimir Putin hardly needs to interfere in American democracy
Domestic politicians are happy to spread dysfunction on their own
Culture
How Ukraine’s fortunes have ebbed
Two new books chronicle Ukrainians’ miraculous early resistance. Today’s reality is more sombre
1843 magazine | Life and death in Putin’s gulag
Navalny’s death has exposed the similarities between Russia’s current penal system and Stalin’s
Obituary
Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity
On February 16th Russian authorities announced the death of the opposition leader
Leaders
Europe is caught between Putin and Trump
Russian aggression and American wavering reveal how ill-equipped Europe is
Leaders
Sanctions are not the way to fight Vladimir Putin
There is no substitute for military aid to Ukraine
Europe
Russia’s opposition has lost a crucial leader but gained a martyr
Alexei Navalny’s death is a sign of how Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship has transformed