Putin Engineers Shakeup That Could Keep Him in Power Longer

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated Press Jan 15, 2020 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigns after the Russian president announces proposed constitutional amendments. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russia and Putin Mark 75 Years Since WWII Siege of Leningrad

IRINA TITOVA /The Associated Press Jan 27, 2019 The siege of the city, now called St. Petersburg, lasted nearly 2½ years until the Soviet Army drove the Nazis away on Jan. 27, 1944. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Official Washington Has Turned Michael Flynn Into Road Kill

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews May 9, 2017 The former national security adviser’s case is a disturbing example of how politicized law enforcement can destroy a U.S. citizen’s life in today’s new McCarthyism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Intelligence Experts to Trump: Rethink Syria Escalation

By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity / Consortiumnews Apr 11, 2017 Two dozen former U.S. intelligence officials urge the president to reconsider his claims blaming the Syrian government for chemical deaths last week and de-escalate tensions with Russia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump’s Decision to Attack Syria Increases the Risk of World War III

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Apr 10, 2017 Russia-baiting has given the president huge incentives to prove he is not Vladimir Putin's flunky and boosted the odds of a showdown between the world's two nuclear superpowers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Russian PM Urges Freedom for Pussy Riot

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 13, 2012 Dmitry Medvedev has called for the three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, recently sentenced to a two-year prison term by the Russian government for an anti-Putin protest in Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox Church, to be set free. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Medvedev to Romney: Get With the 2012 Program

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2012 When American politicians have flashbacks to a Cold War mentality, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is ready with a comeback and a friendly reminder to quit it with the ’70s nostalgia, as he did Tuesday in response to a comment Mitt Romney made the day before about Russia being America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Private Missile Talk With Medvedev Goes Public

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2012 During what he apparently thought was a private huddle with his Russian counterpart at a nuclear summit meeting in Seoul, South Korea, President Barack Obama was caught in a hot-mic moment, giving Dmitry Medvedev an election-year pointer on the delicate subject of missile defense. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia Expects More From Putin

Ivo Mijnssen / Truthdig Mar 14, 2012 His opponents in last week's presidential election did not stand a chance, but 12 years into the Putin regime, Russians are more demanding. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Putin Rival Warns of Arab Spring for Russia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2012 If Vladimir Putin, the expected winner of Russia's upcoming presidential election, isn't careful, he may face the kind of upsurge in revolt that occurred a year ago in Tunisia, Egypt and other nations when the regional sea change we now know as the Arab Spring took hold. So says Putin's former ally and now rival, Sergei Mironov. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Putin Poised to Reclaim Russian Presidency

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 Surprising no one, Russian strongman and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is looking like the clear front-runner to become Russia's next president, reclaiming the office from Dmitry Medvedev, who at times seemed mostly to fill the position of useful political backdrop to make Putin look good in his own office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Authorities Aren’t Toying Around

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2012 After a protest against the Russian government composed entirely of plush toys and figurines captured the attention of the press and local authorities in Barnaul, Russia, last month, government officials have gone so far as to specify that inanimate playthings can't assemble for public political gatherings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )