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In attracting Gérard Depardieu to Russia, Putin has won what Russia's leaders have sought for centuries – French respect. Vladimir Putin has finally done it. Russia...

Putin says Russia is not an “advocate” for the Assad regime at a summit with the EU that produced no sign of advance in EU-Russian relations. A summit between the EU and...

Trade disputes will be top of the agenda as battle continues over reform of visa rules. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, will visit Brussels on Friday (21 December) for...

Germany is dealing with Russia as it is, rather than as it would like it to be The idea of a German-Russian row sounds unlikely – and, to many, rather ominous. A public...

Of all the Kremlin's enemies in recent years, Pussy Riot may prove the hardest to dismiss. The anti-Kremlin cause has taken many forms over the past 12 years. But it has...

Summit will be first since Putin returned to the presidency. The European Union's leadership will attempt to lay the ground for co-operation with Russia in the medium term...

What to do in the face of 12 more years of Putin? Follow the money, for a start. The bombast and luxury were spectacular, but the foreign guestlist was on the sparse side....

Foreigners seeking to explain the paranoia of Kremlin's elite need only look to the country's state-sponsored television. Russia Today, the state-financed television channel...

This account of Vladimir Putin's first 12 years in power captures key episodes, but not quite the man or his regime. In a BBC series on Vladimir Putin aired in February and...

Vladimir Putin and his regime have been accused of many things, but some of the charges are simply incorrect. As the spotlight of world opinion has swivelled towards Russia...

Russia should address “shortcomings” in presidential election, European Commission says. Breaking with established practice, the leadership of the European Union has not...

Russia must reject corruption, modernise its democracy and increase. True democracy is not created overnight. Society must be ready for democratic mechanisms. The majority of...

A tale of spying gone wrong could have serious ramifications for those trying to hold the authorities to account. As Russia's election on 4 March draws near, the Kremlin...

Protesters are back on the streets of Moscow, but the rest of the world does not seem to care. Twenty years ago, the new democratic leaders of Russia were left to be dragged...

Russia's leaders are discovering that what was accepted yesterday is regarded as intolerable today. Russia is not Egypt. And Moscow is not on the eve of revolution as Cairo...

Today's protests against Russia's leadership have strong echoes of the demonstrations of 20 years ago. The Russian Federation of today is not the Soviet Union of 1991. But...

EU-Russia summit raises some inportant questions. Next week's summit meeting between the European Union and Russia comes hard on the heels of disgraceful parliamentary...

The UK prime minister's visit to Moscow also reveals much about the EU's relationship with Russia. David Cameron makes his first visit to Russia to meet his opposite number,...

Russian prime minister to meet senior EU officials. Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, is to ask the European Union's most senior officials to scrap visa requirements...

Russian prime minister to meet European Commission, discuss closer ties. Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, will meet José Manuel Barroso, the president of the...