Vladimir Putin

How Pussy Riot’s arrest was a turning point, and why Putin will get worse after Sochi

A hot fight over one of the coldest places on earth

Paul Wells on why Canada should encourage Yanukovych to sign the agreement with the EU

“Ukraine,” Russian President Vladimir Putin once told his American counterpart George W. Bush, “is not even a state.”...

A junk-food advertising ban in the U.K. and the U.S. taps Angela Merkel’s cellphone

Taxes, trade and, in the hallways, Syria

At the intersection of sports, politics and human rights

And the case for boycotting the Sochi Olympics

How arming the opposition will intensify American conflict in other regions

Putin’s Olympic wish list includes returning Russia’s figure skaters to their former glory