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Russian state media revel in US-Ukraine White House debacle

Global Security

It’s been just one week since the high-stakes meeting at the Oval Office where a conversation between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imploded, live on television, for the world to see. Since then, a lot has changed, including in Russia — and you can hear it if you listen to the Kremlin’s state-run media.

Anti-government Russian demonstrators took to the streets in Decembe, 2011, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he sought a new term as Russian president. The placard reads "Get tired! Leave!"

Putin’s Cold War mentality explains a lot

Books
Two people in masks in front of three portraits of Putin, Le Pen and Trump

A youth movement will be partying this Friday to ‘Make America Great Again’ — in Russia

Global Politics
Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum was the focus of a Russian smear campaign.

What it’s like to be the victim of a Russian online smear campaign

Global Politics
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Today’s Kerry-Putin photo op doesn’t mean Moscow is coming in from the cold

Global Politics
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Supporters of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov continue to leave flowers on the bridge where he was shot down more than two weeks ago, within view of the Kremlin.

Growing doubts that Chechens are behind the Nemtsov assassination

Global Politics

Now that Vladimir Putin is back in the public eye, Russia observers can turn their attention back to figuring out who exactly killed opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. But even that isn’t the only question surrounding the Kremlin at the moment.

Protestors in the Crimean city of Simferopol come out support of the new government in Kiev.

Russian troops are stirring ethnic tensions that could tear Crimea apart

Conflict & Justice

Masked Russian troops have moved into Crimea, with unmarked uniforms and heavy arms. Some of the residents cheer them, while others fear them. And they may be the undoing of the delicate ethnic balance in Crimea.Masked Russian troops have moved into Crimea, with unmarked uniforms and heavy arms. Some of the residents cheer them, while others fear them. And they may be the undoing of the delicate ethnic balance in Crimea.

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