Russia

Boris Nemtsov Plaza, named in honor of the slain Russian opposition leader, is unveiled in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, U.S., February 27, 2018. REUTERS/Gershon Peaks - RC193BA28350

Boris Nemtsov’s life

Alina Polyakova and Zhanna Nemtsova

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands on the stage as he addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - UP1EE310W85R3

Putin on the nukes

Friday, March 2, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an exhibition on information technology as he visits the company ER-Telecom Holding in Perm, Russia September 8, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

The future of political warfare: Russia, the West, and the coming age of global digital competition

Alina Polyakova and Spencer Phipps Boyer

March 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves to participants of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students during the closing ceremony at the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia October 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC13EB6A1380

Putin’s true victory in Syria isn’t over ISIS

Alina Polyakova

Monday, February 26, 2018

People attend the so-called people's veche (assembly) in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in central Kiev June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EA611L6201

Ukraine four years after the Maidan

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1A11945240

Mueller indictment shows the evolution of Kremlin political warfare

Alina Polyakova

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Smoke rises at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh - RC1E74EFF970

Russia stumbles in the fog of Syrian war

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev

From Astana to Sochi: How de-escalation allowed Assad to return to war

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

People walk past Russian S-400 missile air defence systems before the military parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the battle of Stalingrad in World War Two, in the city of Volgograd, Russia February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Maleyeva - UP1EE220SDJ25

Another arms race? No and nyet

Maggie Tennis and Strobe Talbott

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony, marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz which was freed by the Red Army soldiers, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EB1S008N01

US vs. Russian political warfare intensifies

Alina Polyakova

Monday, February 19, 2018