Russian leader Vladimir Putin told the newly convened State Duma that Russia will not beg for handouts as economic deficit concerns mount.

The broad consensus among Russia-watchers is that the country is facing a prolonged bout of stagflation. Growth this year is unlikely to exceed 1%, and inflation is still stuck at 6% (or more).

In this episode of GZERO Europe, Carl Bildt reflects on how Russia's war in Ukraine has lasted longer than World War I and the role an underachieving military campaign and international politics have ...

This conversation between AEI’s Dr. Leon Aron and German magazine Stern first appeared in German at Stern.de. The translation below is provided by Dr. Aron’s team at AEI. For the past two months, ...

India, June 29 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public concession on Sunday, acknowledging that his country is experiencing fuel shortages and queues at petrol stations across its ...

Vladimir Putin has already demonstrated that he is prepared to sacrifice extraordinary numbers of Russian soldiers to maintain his offensive - Getty/Alexander Kazakov As Russia’s position becomes ...

“War is a continuation of politics by other means.” — Carl von Clausewitz, On War Politics can continue by other means aside from direct kinetic war. Proxy wars and sanctions are just among the few ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special military operation in Ukraine was supposed to succeed within a week or two. It has now dragged on for 1,659 days, and the Russian machine only has so much ...

Even with the Russian economy suffering from low growth, high inflation, and relentless Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on energy infrastructure, President Vladimir Putin has thrown fiscal caution ...