When power concentrates in the hands of a single ruler, trust becomes a rare luxury. History shows that those who sit at the ...

Putin’s 27 July decree sets the total authorised strength of the Russian Armed Forces at 2,426,130 posts, including 1,535,000 military personnel. The remaining roughly 891,000 posts are civilian and ...

This includes Sergei Sechkov, an officer in Russia’s 332nd Separate Helicopter Regiment, who was killed by a car bomb in St.

Vladimir can sense that he is going to lose in Ukraine but wants to go out fighting and keep Russian forces in Ukraine, even if only a small portion of Ukraine, for as long as possible. Part of this ...