Today in books and literature: Julian Barnes is the favorite to win the Man Booker Prize, the Vladimir Putin biography that had the Frankfurt Book Fair buzzing, and the "safety precaution" that led to ...

After five years as Russia's leader, career KGB man Vladimir Putin has finally acquired the aura of an American politician. George Bush might notice the change this week when the two men sit down ...

WASHINGTON – When Vladimir Putin’s summit with Donald Trump ended, the Russian president commanded the world’s attention. “Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen,” Putin began. That Putin spoke first at ...

Vladimir Putin “has added two investigative journalists to a Kremlin kill list” after their explosive new biography alleged the Russian president manipulated a young companion and described his late ...

In the deadly game of poker being played between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine, US President Donald Trump should ...

Dmitri N. Kozak, who has said privately that the invasion was a mistake, has lost power to another senior Putin ally, Sergei V. Kiriyenko, who has embraced the military action. By Anton Troianovski ...

Washington — President Trump said Wednesday that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone for over an hour, and Putin told him that he plans to respond to Ukraine's drone strike on ...