Russia, Putin
Washington and the West struggle for a way forward with Putin’s Russia
In the United States and Europe, there is growing uncertainty about how to counter Putin’s aggression without stoking a direct conflict with Russia.
One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.
Putin Ally Says Russia Already Has 'Basis to Start a Nuclear War'
"We have a clear and concise doctrine and we act according to it, including the use of nuclear weapons," Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov recently said.
Russia expels U.K. diplomats; Putin warns against deep strikes with Western weapons
The Russian president issued his sternest warning to date about the use of Western weapons in Ukraine ahead of a meeting of British and U.S. leaders.
Putin says NATO will be "in the war" if U.S. or allies let Ukraine fire long-range missiles at Russia
"If this decision is made, it will mean nothing less than the direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, and European countries," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Putin ally warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.
Putin makes chilling WW3 threat Russia 'fully ready' to blast nuclear bomb at 'any moment' in Arctic
The explosion would be at an old Soviet test site first used 70 years ago in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and could be used by Vladimir Putin as a warning to the West over Ukraine
Putin wants Russia’s youth to become ultranationalist patriots. Many are all in.
Young Russians are embracing Kremlin propaganda, reshaping the Ukraine war narrative with ultranationalist views and seeing ...
Putin is embarking on an aggressive hiring drive to rejuvenate Russia's army. But he can't sustain it, experts say.
The Russian army is set to increase by 180,000, which would make it the second-largest in the world. It's already straining ...
Putin says Russia is ramping up drone production tenfold
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ramping up drone production by around ten times to nearly 1.4 ...
Putin orders Russia to boost size of army by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000, the third ...
Putin orders expansion of Russia’s military to 1.5M active troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s military to expand to 1.5 million active troops, bringing the total ...
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Putin expands size of Russia's armed forces to 1.5 million
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has issued a decree increasing the number of personnel in the Russian armed forces to 2,389,130 ...
Putin orders expansion of Russia's active military forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expanding the country's military by adding active troops as its war with Ukraine ...
Putin Calls for Women To Work and Have 'Many Children' As Birth Rate Falls
In order to achieve "ethnic survival," Putin calls for women to work and have children to combat Russia's falling birth rate.