Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

Despite persistent rumors and high-profile purges, Xi Jinping remains firmly in control of China, though his rule increasingly relies on loyalty over performance. Cracks are emerging within the ...

A former Defense Ministry envoy and a regional vice-governor are the latest officials to fall in a widening crackdown on ...

It’s that the Russian state is collapsing – structurally, economically, and psychologically. Not just on the front lines, but deep within the Kremlin’s own walls. Economically, militarily, and ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the ethics director at the Department of Justice on Friday, removing the staff in charge of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, Axios reported on ...

Russia’s foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country's ally for talks on further solidifying ...

'New York Times' White House correspondent Peter Baker on "Washington Week" said Zelensky helped President Donald Trump discover that he can't trust his "friend" Vladimir Putin. ASHLEY PARKER, THE ...

With a recent wave of arrests and expropriations, as well as possible assassinations, Putin appears to be turning on more of Russia's rich and powerful. The post Russian Oligarchs Are Back in Putin's ...

In Putin’s Russia, dissent is silenced. Yet pro-war "Z" bloggers and influencers insult and lambast military failures constantly, and go unpunished. The state tolerates them because without these ...

'I would say he's not thrilled about it. But, you know, he's been able to handle sanctions'.

The arrest of gold baron Konstantin Strukov reveals the Kremlin's deeper problem: the war is redefining corruption, collapsing trust, and leaving Putin with fewer tools with which to govern.