Wartime Russia has seen an unprecedented wave of political arrests. It has included the routing of the political clan of the once-powerful former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu; the detentions of ...

Russia is seeing an extraordinary surge of political arrests that has shaken the country’s ruling class. From senior judges and regional governors to associates of former Defence Minister Sergei ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's political system is showing signs of "ruinous" stagnation, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, in his harshest criticism to date of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ...

Whether a 14-year-old protester or an anti-war artist, anyone deemed critical of Putin's regime can be locked up for years in Russia. A new film follows the plight of these political prisoners.

Russian authorities are considering a request from the New People's Party to offer political asylum to U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk, claimed the party's lawmaker, Vladislav Davankov, to the Russian ...

The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president. By ...

Russia’s gift of the Pantsir-S1 to North Korea is a force multiplier for Pyongyang’s already massive air defense posture. Talk about the horrific gift that keeps on giving every year, all year round.