Vladimir Putin

Shannon Gormley: Putin has perhaps never been more insecure than he is at this moment. Naturally, he has just made a grab for lifelong power.

Marcus Kolga: Canadian advocates for Magnitsky legislation have become victims of Russian government propagandists

Russia expert Bobo Lo on what it will take to restore global stability, what Russia really wants and why more chaos and conflict is likely

Scott Gilmore: The ranks of his official friends are thinning. Increasingly its Putin giving Trump what he really craves: validation and assurance.

John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan were among prominent Republicans who distanced themselves from Trump’s press conference with Putin

Paul Wells: U.S. conservatives have always believed there can be no moral equivalence between democrats and authoritarians. Those days are over.

Scott Gilmore: After Helsinki, America is in unchartered waters, facing the possibility that its president is no longer defending America

Scott Gilmore: Washington has dropped the ball, but Canada and the EU is capable of picking it up and making this summit a milestone in history

Adnan R. Khan: Ignore Trump and his theatrics. The real issue when NATO meets will be Turkey and its dangerous drift into Russia’s orbit.

Paul Wells: What will the Russian leader say privately to the U.S. president? Perhaps something about a little problem they have called NATO.