As Russia deepens ties with African nations seeking to distance themselves from Western influence, academic diplomacy is emerging as a key tool in Moscow's foreign policy.

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera will face six rivals in a presidential election on December 28, after a court rejected attempts to bar two former prime ministers from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday delivered his first direct response to new U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia, calling them an “unfriendly act” that will not significantly harm the ...

The spokesperson for President Vladimir Putin dismissed media reports on the possibility that the Russian leader could travel to the proposed Budapest summit on the same plane as U.S. President Donald ...

A political pundit on Russian state television said Vladimir Putin “can manipulate” President Donald Trump. Whatever the veracity of the claim, the fact that it was made on Russia’s state-controlled ...

(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as ...

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“For Putin, this war remains existential, and he is ready to endure a lot.” TATIANA STANOVAYA, the founder of the political analysis firm R.Politik, on the Russian president’s reaction to new U.S. oil ...