Russian strongman Vladimir Putin backs a nuclear deal with Iran in which the country is unable to enrich uranium. Putin privately communicated his stance to President Trump and Iranian officials, sources told Axios.

As a step to hold Putin accountable for his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European leaders launched the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. The Kremlin has signaled they plan to ignore any international attempts to hold the Kremlin accountable.

One of Russia’s most powerful men, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is set to visit North Korea this weekend, in a sign of deepening relations between Moscow and Pyongyang as North Korea gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war in Ukraine.

On Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants more than Donald Trump has been prepared to offer, writes BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

Russia unleashed its fourth major attack on Ukraine this month, killing at least 13 civilians Saturday as it rained hundreds of drones and missiles down on the country’s western cities — once considered safe from the onslaught.

President Donald Trump seems to have learned the lesson painfully gleaned by all his 21st-century predecessors: You can’t reset US relations with Vladimir Putin.

With a recent wave of arrests and expropriations, as well as possible assassinations, Putin appears to be turning on more of Russia's rich and powerful. The post Russian Oligarchs Are Back in Putin's Crosshairs appeared first on World Politics Review.

It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V. Putin, no matter what you’ve heard.

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported,

Relations between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying troops and ammunition to support Russia’s war against Ukraine in return for military and economic assistance.

Vladimir Putin has "played Donald Trump like a violin" - but may have now pushed things too far, the former head of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, has warned in a bombshell interview on BBC Newsnight on Thurs