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Russia

News and analysis about all things Russia, including special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, the war in Ukraine, and more.

Why some countries don’t want to pick a side in Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Jonathan Guyer June 9

How Ukraine’s new weapons reflect a very different battlefield

By Ellen Ioanes June 4

Was Russia’s decision to cut off natural gas exports a mistake?

By Natasha Ishak May 1

Here’s what the ICC can actually do about Putin’s war crimes

By Ellen Ioanes April 9

The isolation of Vladimir Putin

By Noel King and Victoria Chamberlin April 6

The International Space Station isn’t above global politics

By Rebecca Heilweil April 4

No, Putin is not actually achieving his goals in Ukraine

By Zack Beauchamp April 1

Thinking through the unthinkable

By Bryan Walsh March 20

Is Russia losing?

By Zack Beauchamp March 18

The neon shortage is a bad sign

By Rebecca Heilweil March 18

The biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money away

By Dylan Matthews March 17

What we can learn from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s TV presidency

By Kelsey Piper March 16

It took a war for Big Tech to take a side

By Peter Kafka March 9

An expert on the dismal state of nuclear treaties

By Ellen Ioanes March 6

Russia’s war in Ukraine, explained

By Jen Kirby and Jonathan Guyer March 6

Putin’s baffling war strategy

By Ellen Ioanes February 27

Big Tech’s Russia problem

By Shirin Ghaffary February 26

The war in Ukraine could portend the end of the “long peace”

By Bryan Walsh February 26

Why the US won’t send troops to Ukraine

By Zack Beauchamp February 25

The Ukrainian refugee crisis has already begun

By Nicole Narea February 25

US sanctions will squeeze Russia — but they’re unlikely to stop the war in Ukraine

By Jen Kirby February 24

Putin’s “Nazi” rhetoric reveals his terrifying war aims in Ukraine

By Zack Beauchamp February 24

The increasingly complicated Russia-Ukraine crisis, explained

By Jen Kirby and Jonathan Guyer February 23

Russia orders troops into eastern Ukraine, raising threat of larger invasion

By Jen Kirby and Jonathan Guyer February 21

Russia has 150,000 troops near Ukraine. What does that mean?

By Jen Kirby February 18

How Ukraine is responding to escalating threats of invasion

By Ellen Ioanes February 13

How to punish Russia for Ukraine

By Jen Kirby February 8

The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.

By Bryan Walsh February 5

Putin is rewriting history to justify his threats to Ukraine

By Ellen Ioanes January 30

Ukraine has more than Russia to worry about

By Jen Kirby January 28

America’s NATO expansion obsession plays into the Ukraine crisis

By Jonathan Guyer January 27

Can Russia back down in Ukraine?

By Jen Kirby January 22

What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to

By Bryan Walsh January 21

The pipeline at the center of geopolitical drama

By Jen Kirby January 14

The West has a few bargaining chips to stop Russia from invading Ukraine

By Ellen Ioanes January 9

Wait, is Russia going to invade Ukraine?

By Jen Kirby December 8, 2021

The space debris problem is getting dangerous

By Rebecca Heilweil November 16, 2021

Apple shut down a voting app in Russia. That should worry everyone.

By Rebecca Heilweil September 17, 2021

Can Biden do anything to stop ransomware attacks?

By Jen Kirby July 7, 2021

Biden’s big Putin bet

By Alex Ward June 16, 2021