Vladimir Putin, Russia's long-serving President since 1999, boasts a background in law and the KGB. His tenure has seen a ...

Vladimir Mitrokhin’s amazing story is the subject of a new book, ‘The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB.’ ...

In The Wizard of the Kremlin, Jude Law plays Russia’s president as a cool, reluctant leader, a strategist who got the job because he was young, athletic and a spy. This is a creation far removed from ...

The Russian president said little when the US seized Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, an ally of Moscow. But there might ...

Vladimir Putin grew up in an environment that was particularly brutal and menacing, even for post-Second World War Russia.

A former KGB investigator steps forward, risking everything to get to the truth.

This video traces Vladimir Putin’s path from a hard childhood in Soviet Leningrad to the highest levels of Russian power. It explores how intelligence work, political connections, and corruption ...

Persistent reports about the Chechen leader’s health are resurfacing at a moment of vulnerability for the Kremlin.

As 2026 opens, Vladimir Putin projects the image of a calm, confident leader. Although political maskirovka comes naturally from his KGB background, Putin very likely believes he is in a position of ...

Despite being at war with Russia, Ukraine has few reasons to attempt an assassination of Vladimir Putin. Russian president Vladimir Putin dropped a bombshell in his phone call with President Donald ...

The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world by area, spanning two continents. Following the Russian Revolution, the USSR was established, become the world’s first constitutionally ...

Things are such a mess for Russian Railways -- a company that is a major engine, literally and figuratively, for the entire ...