Russia & Eurasia

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with the country's service members at the combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels on the Day of the Armed Forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine December 6, 2021. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Will Russia launch a full military invasion of Ukraine?

Steven Pifer and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, December 16, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque: "Body language can give an ordinary photo much more meaning, and here, Trump and Putin did not disappoint." REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque SEARCH "TRUMP POY" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

Putin, Trump, and the road to authoritarianism

Fiona Hill, Angela Stent, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 12, 2021

The Tanners Creek Generating Station, a former 1000 MW, coal-fired electrical plant, is being taken down along the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, U.S., September 14, 2017. The plant was shut down in 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "SNYDER BARGES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Industrial decline and the rise of populists in Russia, the U.S., and Britain

Fiona Hill and David Dollar

Monday, October 11, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they arrive for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland June 16, 2021. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

What did the Biden-Putin summit do for US-Russian relations?

Angela Stent and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 17, 2021

A protestor holds a heart-shaped sign reading "I love you, Russia! We are Russia!" during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Will pro-Navalny protests threaten Putin’s power?

Angela Stent and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Peaceful protests in Belarus. August 23, 2020

What’s driving mass protests in Belarus?

Steven Pifer and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Russian President Putin attends wreath laying ceremony to mark Defender of Fatherland Day at Tomb of Unknown Soldier by Kremlin wall in Moscow

Russia: Do we live in Putin’s world?

Fiona Hill, Arkady Ostrovsky, Sir Laurie Bristow, and Alexey Minyaylo

The Oxford Union

Friday, May 1, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin in Sochi, Russia November 20, 2018. Picture taken November 20, 2018. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolskiy/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

What does Putin’s government shakeup mean for his role in Russia?

Angela Stent and Adrianna Pita

Friday, January 17, 2020

Employees of the Afontovo private regional TV company work during the broadcast of an annual nationwide televised phone-in show attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Krasnoyarsk, Russia June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Fighting Russian disinformation

Alina Polyakova and Jonathan Tepperman

Foreign Policy

Monday, September 30, 2019

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1EAAFF9260

Will the INF Treaty’s demise kick-start a new arms race?

Friday, August 2, 2019