Owen Matthews

Putin says his country is impervious to threats from the West. But new U.S. sanctions aim to upend that claim. Washington's new mood: "Punish Russia as hard as possible."

The deal would address the future of Assad, Iran's place in Syria - and Syria's relations with Israel.

Michael McFaul got to know how Russia's president thinks. And he's clear on one thing: Thanks to Trump, "the world looks pretty good from Putin's point of view."

Russia is the world's biggest energy exporter, but for the past four years, sagging oil prices have severely hurt its economy. Trump's actions could reverse that.

Russia was trying to block Telegram, a secure messaging service and blogging platform used by more than 15 million people in the country.

The Kremlin has long tried to divide and conquer Europe. Now, in Hungary, its strategy is working.

The Kremlin may have ordered a hit on an ex-Russian spy in the U.K. But some point to a scarier prospect—that Moscow's death squads did it on their own.

Britain is cracking down on dubious money, and some ex-Soviet oligarchs are starting to worry.

The U.S. Treasury Department will soon start looking for more of the Kremlin's breadcrumbs abroad. Will they lead to Trump?

Why the Kremlin is using mercenaries to fight its foreign wars.

Many Russians believe a major war is imminent, and that's the way Putin likes it.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has unearthed a trove of dubious financial dealings by Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. But do they prove collusion? Not so much.

China is leading the world in developing unbreakable encryption using quantum physics.

"The Kremlin is trying to find safer ways to sex up the [presidential] campaign—and Sobchak is ideal."

Money laundering experts are concerned about Russia's new interest in cryptocurrencies.

Vladimir Putin thought he had finally found an American president he could rely on. He was wrong.

Kislyak figures prominently in at least three strands of the Russiagate scandal—is he just doing his job or trying to subvert American democracy?

Until the West crushes ISIS's ideology, bombings like the one in Manchester are going to continue—and maybe become more common.

Despite the palpable relief at the result in Brussels, Macron's margin victory was in fact uncomfortably small.

Steve Bannon doesn't seem to be caught up in the Russiagate probes, but he does have an ideological link to Moscow

The Russian president's propaganda machine labels all dissidents as extremists, the state consolidates power in the name of security—and terrorism continues.

Aside from damaging the agency's operations, the leaks have proved to be a propaganda win for Moscow.

Russia is clawing its way back to being a superpower—at the expense of U.S. influence and prestige.

The report published by Buzzfeed is a strange mix of amateurish and insightful.

Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, personifies two major concerns about the incoming administration—conflicts of interest and close ties to Vladimir Putin.

Trump's policies represent an impossible contradiction—to help Assad, an ally of Iran, but isolate the country elsewhere.

It's getting harder for centrists to convince themselves right-wing nationalism will disappear any time soon.

Donald Trump has only a few more weeks to figure out whether Putin is a friend or a foe.

Meat from Kobe cattle is harder to find than you think.

Trump is moving the Republican Party away from its traditionally anti-Russian stance, and the Kremlin is relishing in its newfound role as a meddler in U.S. politics.