Amid Tensions With U.S., Erdogan Praises Ties With Russia

Meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said “there is no path back” from Turkish-Russian military deals opposed by the West.

Navalny to the Russian Opposition: ‘Be Discouraged, a Little Bit’

Emblematic of the beleaguered state of the opposition, a forlorn group of volunteers maintains a 24-hour vigil at the spot where a prominent democracy advocate was killed in 2015.

Opinion | Farewell, Angela Merkel. You Were Once the ‘Leader of the Free World.’

Germany is ready to move on from its iconic chancellor.

At U.N., Biden Calls for Diplomacy, Not Conflict, but Some Are Skeptical

The president said he wants global cooperation to meet challenges, but some allies and adversaries say his actions point to confrontation with China and unilateral action, belying his words.

U.K. Police Charge 3rd Man in Effort to Kill Russian Dissident

The authorities added a suspect in the attempted assassination of Sergei V. Skripal in 2018. Separately, a European court blamed Russia for Alexander V. Litvinenko’s murder in 2006.

U.K. Police Charge 3rd Man in Effort to Kill Russian Dissident

The authorities added a suspect in the attempted assassination of Sergei V. Skripal in 2018. Separately, a European court blamed Russia for Alexander V. Litvinenko’s murder in 2006.

Opinion | America Is Being Held for Ransom. It Needs to Fight Back.

Businesses attacked. Data stolen. Miles of pipeline shut down. The scourge of ransomware is worse than ever.

In Russia Election Results, Online Votes Sweep Putin Opponents Aside

The official tally gave a strong parliamentary majority to President Vladimir V. Putin’s United Russia party. Opposition leaders cried foul, pointing to earlier signs of gains for their own candidates.

Russian Election Shows Declining Support for Putin’s Party

With voting in the country neither free nor fair, United Russia is still expected to retain power easily even if its seats in Parliament slip.

Opinion | There’s a Reason Putin Keeps Winning

The Kremlin’s propaganda system, lurid and spurious, is central to the president’s power. 

Fake Parties and Cloned Candidates: How the Kremlin ‘Manages’ Democracy

The Russian authorities have used a variety of deceitful tactics to try to manufacture a big victory in parliamentary elections this weekend. Here’s how they do it.

Google and Apple, Under Pressure From Russia, Remove Voting App

The app, created by allies of the opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, vanished from online stores, reflecting a new level of pressure against U.S. technology companies in the country.

As Russians Vote, Resignation, Anger and Fear of a Post-Putin Unknown

Many in Russia say they are fed up with corruption, stagnant wages and rising prices. But they worry, as one man said, that “if things start to change, there will be blood.”

Could Navalny’s ‘Smart Voting’ Strategy Shake Up Russia’s Election?

Five of the opposition leader’s exiled allies are engineering an election campaign that they hope will put dozens of Kremlin opponents into Parliament.

Activists in Russia Push to Make Domestic Violence a Voting Issue

Middle-aged women are part of the core base of Russia’s ruling party. Can its refusal to help domestic violence victims harm its support in this weekend’s elections?

Russia and Belarus Inch Closer to a Full-Blown Merger

In their sixth meeting in less than a year, the countries’ presidents agreed to deepen economic ties, leaving tougher political questions for later.

Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says

The arrangement allows the Russian government some plausible deniability for attacks, researchers found.

Senior Russian Minister Dies During Drill

The government said Yevgeny Zinichev, a longtime Putin aide responsible for emergency situations, dived off a cliff to save a film director who fell into the water.

Senior Russian Minister Dies During Drill

The government said Yevgeny Zinichev, a longtime Putin aide responsible for emergency situations, dived off a cliff to save a film director who fell into the water.

A Skeleton for Diplomacy: How a Plan to Reconcile France and Russia Collapsed

The remains of a Napoleonic general who died on a Russian battlefield came home in July. But the chance for rapprochement collapsed over concerns about Moscow’s policies.