This novel is a reminder that fiction at its best can offer a deeper understanding of politics than any academic essay, writes Allan Massie ...

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Nemtsov’s aide. It was the same year that another man sharing his name and patronymic, Vladimir Vladimirovich — Mr. Putin — rose to lead Russia. As a young adult, Mr. Kara-Murza remained ...

And yet, when the town’s residents cast their ballots in last month’s presidential election, they overwhelmingly voted for Călin Georgescu, the candidate who showed every sign of being the preferred ...

Eckard Mickish, operator of the park just outside the town of Mehlmeisel, said he named the boar after Russian President Vladimir Putin three years ago upon its arrival given it had been bred from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a "high-technology duel" with the US to test the Oreshnik ... The population decline in Russia has been partly attributed to the ongoing conflict with ...

Russian President Vladimir ... the conference, Putin mentioned an embarrassing setback for Russia’s powerful security services: the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the man who headed Russia ...