For Vladimir Putin, Russians’ appetite for the vegetable has become problematic, however. Shortages have pushed up prices by ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago as the demise of what he called “historical Russia,” and said the economic crisis that followed ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's main interest is restoration of the Soviet Union, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday. "Let's not kid anybody," said Panetta, who also served ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented rings engraved with New Year's greetings to the heads of former Soviet states at a summit in St. Petersburg.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a candid interview for a film that delves into the fall of the Soviet Union and opened up about a time in his life when he was far from occupying the highest ...

Biden warns Putin of consequences if Russia invades Ukraine 10:16. Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s left him struggling ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in a forum of regional and local media organized by the Russian Popular Front in Kaliningrad, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool/EPA) Analysis by Adam ...

President Vladimir V. Putin calls the end of the Soviet Union a “genuine tragedy” for Russia, and he blamed Mikhail S. Gorbachev for bending to the demands of a treacherous and duplicitous West.

For Mr. Putin, the end of the Soviet Union was the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” caused by the weak nerves of a leader too willing to appease the treacherous West.