Vladimir Putin

The world’s worst dictators are working together. Russia, China, North Korea, Turkey, Hungary and Venezuela have formed an alliance that is working on issues of expanding military power, promoting kleptocracy and defeating democracy. Anne Applebaum discusses her new book Autocracy Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.

More than 200 heads of state will be invited to Claudia Sheinbaum's swearing-in, scheduled for Oct. 1.

The Ukraine-Russia war continues to grind away—on the battlefield, in public opinion and about the global economy.But there are recent developments with weapon deliveries and international sanctions that could signal that Putin is on his back heels. Could the war be nearing the beginning of the end and what would a Ukrainian victory look like?

Tucker Carlson did not ask Putin about how so many of his opponents wind up imprisoned and murdered, or the warrant the International Criminal Court has out for his arrest for war crimes in Ukraine.

For the past two years, the Doomsday Clock has been set to 100 seconds before midnight.

While Russian artists and institutions grapple with how they are viewed internationally, American cultural organizations make what amounts to foreign policy decisions.

Star performers at the famed New York opera house, including soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, have been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian invasion stirs international condemnation, roils global markets and a promise by Ukraine's president to defend the country.

After their more than 3-hour meeting in Geneva, the U.S. leader said he pushed his Russian counterpart on human rights and other administration priorities.

On Sunday, Vladimir Putin won the Russian presidential election by a landslide. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly was in Moscow to witness the late-night celebrations of another six years of Putin in power.