Steve Gutterman

When Russia was riding high in Syria, the Kremlin played up its role with prominent propaganda. Now, with Bashar al-Assad out and Russia's standing thrown into question, Moscow has been relatively mute and has been distancing itself from the long-ruling autocrat and his demise.

Sam Greene, professor at the King’s Russia Institute at King’s College London, joins the host to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the prospects for a cease-fire in 2025 and the role that public opinion in Russia, Ukraine, and the West could play.

Vladimir Putin’s end-of-year Q&A session with reporters and the public is billed as a chance for Russian citizens to ask the president about the issues that matter to them most. But while much of the televised marathon focuses on domestic affairs, Putin always uses it to send signals to the West...

Experts say evidence indicates that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane may have been hit by a ground-to-air missile over Russia’s Chechnya region before crossing the Caspian Sea and crashing near Aqtau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 passengers and crew.

On December 31, 1999, Boris Yeltsin stepped down and handed Russia's reins to Vladimir Putin, the former KGB officer he had named prime minister months earlier -- and who remains in power to this day. Analyst and author Mark Galeotti joins the host to discuss Putin's 25-year rule.

A durable peace deal seems very distant. But a push for a cease-fire is almost a given in light of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to end the war quickly. What are the chances the guns could go silent in 2025 -- and what would it mean for Ukraine?

Evidence that a Russian missile may have shot down an Azerbaijani passenger jet has sparked anger in the Caucasus and beyond. Putin issued an apology of sorts, a move that was unprecedented but may not eliminate the effects of the disaster on Russia’s already damaged reputation in the region.

Once Russia's initial push to subjugate Ukraine failed in the first weeks of its full-scale invasion, a widespread view prevailed for two years or more: There's no end in sight.

The end of Russian natural-gas transit across Ukraine is a blow to Moscow, but it could provide the Kremlin with sharpened tool for economic and political influence over a key target country: Moldova.

Taking Russia's reins a quarter-century ago, Vladimir Putin said Russia had chosen democracy and vowed to protect basic freedoms he called the “fundamental elements of a civilized society.” What went wrong?