VLADIMIR PUTIN

Is the Russian president loved or feared by the country's people? It's hard to tell from survey data.

A big corruption scandal plus secret political moves drove protesters to the streets in Moldova as the Kremlin watched.

Organizers claimed 1 million people turned out in the Chechen capital to proclaim their loyalty to President Vladimir Putin and regional strongman Ramzan Kadyrov.

As Russian revenues from oil exports fall and sanctions over Ukraine isolate the economy, the country is realizing the need to make it easier for its companies to do business.

Andrei Lugovoi reportedly told a Russian network that he suspected he had also been exposed to radioactive material.

Marina Litvinenko, widow of a former Russian spy, might not get the answers she seeks from the British government about her husband's death.

Russians are consuming less alcohol, with prices of imported favorites like whiskey likely to increase.

The Russian currency broke the 80-to-the-greenback level Wednesday and tumbled to more than 85 Thursday.

A U.K. government-backed inquiry into the death of the Russian spy-turned-dissident has concluded that his killing probably was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko shows a much larger pattern of intimidation and deaths under President Vladimir Putin.

"They should come here, to Russia. We are ready to accept them," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of Jews leaving Western countries.

The decision Wednesday comes just after French and German diplomats met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in an effort to end the conflict.

Further oil declines caused the ruble to hit 80 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, its weakest point since the 1998 financial crisis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the alliance of encroaching on the Kremlin’s sphere of influence.

The International Monetary Fund has predicted Russia’s economy will contract by 1 percent in 2016.

Guinea, one of the African nations where the most recent outbreak of Ebola took place, has asked Russia for help in dispensing the vaccine.

As the Russian economy struggles, Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle continues to make gains.

Russia’s economy was booming a year and a half ago when oil prices were higher, but now officials need to make cuts.

Vladimir Pribylovsky was a writer who covered intra-Kremlin power struggles.

Russia President Vladimir Putin has for many years described NATO's efforts to develop defenses against ballistic missiles as a move to "neutralize" Moscow.

However, granting asylum to the Syrian president would not be as difficult as sheltering U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, the Russian leader said.