Vladimir Putin

Our coverage of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, including his relationships with China and the West, and the war in Ukraine


International

Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos

Russia is enacting a revolutionary plan of sabotage, arson and assassination

1843 magazine | Escape from the meat grinder: the making of a Russian deserter

Thousands are refusing to go into battle for Putin. These are two of their stories

Leaders

Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles

Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate

Finance & economics

How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade

He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?

Europe

What next after Ukraine’s shock invasion of Russia?

It could dig in, pull back or grab more as a bargaining chip

Finance & economics

Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring

How long can the party last?

Europe

The deal that freed Evan Gershkovich was more than a prisoner swap

It freed Russian prisoners of conscience as well as Westerners taken hostage by Vladimir Putin 

Finance & economics

How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble

Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years

Culture

Taking on the global brotherhood of despots

How autocrats collaborate, and how they fall

Asia

Narendra Modi cuddles up to Vladimir Putin in Moscow

India’s prime minister visited amid fresh Russian atrocities in Ukraine

Europe

The Kremlin is rewriting Wikipedia

A new version of history is taking shape

Middle East & Africa

Meet the victors in Africa’s coup belt

They are militaristic, nationalistic and keen to cut a deal

Culture

A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege

Do not underestimate the lunacy of aged dictators, a new book argues

Europe

Death and destruction in a Russian city

Russians in the border city of Belgorod have become victims too in the war Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine

Leaders

Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous

It is also a wilful misreading of history

By Invitation

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is part of his revolution against the West

He is leading Russia into a new phase of strategic confrontation, says Stephen Covington, a longtime NATO adviser

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