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Patient and Confident, Putin Shifts Out of Wartime Crisis Mode

Cloistered and spouting grievances at the start of the war on Ukraine, the Russian leader now appears publicly, projecting the aura of a calm, paternalistic...

Russian Elites Show No Sign of Broad Challenge to Putin

Many business owners and intellectuals fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but others stayed behind, struggling to redefine their lives. Their diverging choices do...

Putin Compares Himself to Peter the Great, the Famous Czar 

Vladimir Putin likened his goals in Ukraine to the conquests of Peter the Great.

Russians Crowdsource Supplies for Their Army in Ukraine

A grass-roots movement to get basic supplies to soldiers fighting in Ukraine reflects the growing recognition among Russians that their military was unprepared for major...

Putin Visits the Wounded at a Military Hospital in Moscow

The Russian leader also announces new social welfare measures and military benefits in an apparent effort to show Russians he is aware times are tough.

Putin Visits the Wounded at a Military Hospital in Moscow

The Russian leader tells a patient with a 9-month-old son: ‘He’ll be proud of his dad.’

Boris Bondarev, a Russian Diplomat, Speaks Out on the War

Boris Bondarev, a Russian official who resigned over the war in Ukraine, said his colleagues were focused more on pleasing their superiors than on delivering...

In Victory Day Speech, Putin Shows Reluctance in Demanding Too Much of Russians

The Russian president, in a much-anticipated speech on his country’s most important holiday, did not proclaim an escalation of the fight in Ukraine.
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