Vladimir Putin
Our coverage of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, including his relationships with China and the West, and the war in Ukraine
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The Intelligence
Vladimir Putin’s penal system looks much like Stalin’s
Also on the daily podcast: the long goodbye to oil and Amnon Weinstein
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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
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Europe
Vladimir Putin begins Operation Blame Ukraine
The Kremlin senses an opportunity in the tragedy of Crocus City Hall
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Leaders
Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine
The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians
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Europe
Russians go to the polls in a sham election for their president
The charade takes place amid murder and repression
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Finance & economics
Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
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United States
Vladimir Putin hardly needs to interfere in American democracy
Domestic politicians are happy to spread dysfunction on their own
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Culture
How Ukraine’s fortunes have ebbed
Two new books chronicle Ukrainians’ miraculous early resistance. Today’s reality is more sombre
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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
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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
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Leaders
Europe is caught between Putin and Trump
Russian aggression and American wavering reveal how ill-equipped Europe is
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Leaders
Sanctions are not the way to fight Vladimir Putin
There is no substitute for military aid to Ukraine
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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