Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, now St Petersburg, a city that had been under siege for 900 days in ...

He's the President of Russia, hard to predict and feared by many. He's not what you'd expect from a head of state – but ...

One of Putin’s true wins is his quarter century in power. Although Russia is a militant autocracy, the reason for Putin’s ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has admitted that a KGB operative was aboard the Ryanair flight forced to land in ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Rob Dannenberg, a former CIA station chief in Moscow, about his time spent in Russia, President Vladimir Putin and more.

New Delhi: Russian spy Anna Chapman has returned to active service. She has received a new mission from Russia and is now the head of the Museum of Russian Intelligence, which is affiliated with ...