Russia

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

North Korean missile launches may mean new nuclear tests

By Ellen Ioanes November 19

Can Ukraine’s infrastructure survive the winter?

By Jen Kirby November 18

What Russia’s withdrawal from a key Ukrainian city means for the war

By Jen Kirby November 11

What to expect after Russia’s latest escalatory nuclear rhetoric

By Ellen Ioanes October 30

Russia’s destroying infrastructure in Ukraine, and the consequences are dire

By Ellen Ioanes October 22

What comes next in Ukraine’s fight against Russia

By Jonathan Guyer October 19

3 ways of looking at Putin’s barbaric escalation against Ukrainian civilians

By Daniel Drezner October 17

Despite sanctions, Russian fuel is still selling — here’s who’s buying

By Ellen Ioanes October 16

Russian businessmen keep dying. No one knows why.

By Cameron Peters October 14

The Crimea bridge explosion is a devastating blow to Putin and Russian morale

By Nicole Narea October 8

Putin’s desperate attempt to annex parts of Ukraine

By Jen Kirby September 30

Russia’s mobilization won’t fix its military problems

By Ellen Ioanes September 25

What Putin’s latest threats mean for the risk of nuclear war

By Jen Kirby September 22

Russians believe they can win the war. Here are 3 reasons why.

By Daniel Drezner September 20

Here’s what we know about the state of Russia’s military

By Ellen Ioanes September 18

What can the IAEA do in Zaporizhzhia?

By Ellen Ioanes September 3

Mikhail Gorbachev and the lonely crusade of changing the system from within

By Dylan Matthews August 31

Six months in, how are sanctions impacting Russia’s economy?

By Ellen Ioanes August 28

What could a nuclear war do to the climate — and humanity?

By Bryan Walsh August 17

Where in the world are Russians going to avoid sanctions?

By Jonathan Guyer August 9

How can the US bring Brittney Griner home?

By Jonathan Guyer August 5

Why Russia is abandoning the International Space Station

By Rebecca Heilweil July 26

A needed nuclear option for climate change

By Bryan Walsh July 12

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

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