That's the question most of you probably answered instinctively: in 2014, when Vladimir Putin, exploiting political ...

Today, while many autocrats proclaim their commitment to the  common man, they are chiefly in it for the money.

The new age of interventionism is now in full swing. Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela reinforced a trend that has been growing since the attack on the World Trade Center. Before that, you had the ...

In The Wizard of the Kremlin, Jude Law plays Russia’s president as a cool, reluctant leader, a strategist who got the job because he was young, athletic and a spy. This is a creation far removed from ...

Every survey of world governance shows democracy is in retreat. Meanwhile, dictators prosper and multiply. How can we save ...

In his enthralling “The Spy in the Archive,” Gordon Corera tells the story of an unlikely hero embedded within the heart of ...

Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy who was sentenced to life in prison for selling secrets to Moscow, ...

Erik Bulatov, the Soviet-born artist who became a key figure in the underground movement of the 1970s and 80s, known for ...

In 1960, Bent’s Old Fort became a National Historic Landmark, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...

Today in History for Jan. 19: In 570, according to tradition, the Muslim Prophet Muhammad was born. In 1200, Zen Master Dogen, an important figure in Japanese Buddhism, was born.

MOSCOW, FACTBOX. /TASS/. On January 7, Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate one of the most important Christian holidays - Christmas. This date is traditionally regarded by Orthodox churches as the ...

Nicolas Maduro is the former president of Venezuela. He's been in power since 2013 and has been accused of being a dictator ...