VLADIMIR PUTIN

In essence, Syria has become not just a gruesome civil war, but also a proxy war with significant global implications.

Ryan Fogle, who was apprehended Tuesday morning, is the latest high-profile case involving Russia and spies in the post Cold-War era.

Russia and the United States have agreed to invite Syria's warring parties to an international conference, possibly within this month.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Russia on Monday on the first leg of an “economic diplomacy” tour spanning Russia, Turkey and the Middle East.

Russia threatens to ban couples from countries where same-sex marriage is legal from adopting Russian orphans.

A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital just outside of Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, and sparking national concern about the state of the country's state institutions.

Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela’s president on Friday amid protests from Venezuela’s opposition supporters.

The trial of Alexei Navalny, a leading opposition figure in Russia, who led protests against Vladimir Putin, was adjourned on Wednesday.

Russia released a list of alleged human rights violators after the United States passed the Magnitsky Act, but trade will keep the two together.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel advised Russia to improve civil society freedoms, after a recent government crackdown on NGOs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was greeted by topless protesters in Germany followed by gay rights activists in Amsterdam on April 8.

Washington’s reluctance to recognize the fundamental change under way in the Turkey of Erdogan shouldn't surprise us.

The Sochi Games have a heavy price tag.

Images of a Russian-bought Su-27 fighter jet crashed made it's way around Chinese social media. Questions over a Sino-Russian deal still linger.

Russia's president, who spent 16 years as a KGB officer, joked on Friday that he "doesn't eavesdrop anymore."

President Putin ordered massive military drills at 4 a.m. Moscow time in the Black Sea on Thursday, sending a signal to the West that Russia's not going anywhere.

Self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found in his bathroom, died by hanging, British police said Monday.

The new president of China's first visit to another continent is to Africa. The country: resource-rich Tanzania.

The circumstances surrounding the sudden death of Russian ex-billionaire and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky remain mysterious.

Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been found dead at his home in England, a possible suicide.

Cyprus is in intense negotiations with Russian and European Union leaders for help to avoid a financial collapse.