Vladimir Putin

Bill Browder, shown in Davos, Switzerland, in 2011, was a hedge fund manager. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in custody in Russia.

State Department Reportedly Revokes Visa Of Magnitsky Act Campaigner

1:18pm October 23, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Bill Browder lobbied Congress for passage of the 2012 law that targets Russian officials close to Vladimir Putin who are thought to be responsible for the prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions at a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Savonlinna, Finland, on Thursday.

Putin Derides 'Illegal' Sanctions Bill — But Says He's Waiting On Final Version

2:01pm July 27, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

At a news conference in Finland, the Russian president called the bipartisan bill "extremely cynical." But he said Russia will wait to see its final version before forming a "definitive view on it."

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a Cabinet meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Wednesday.

In Putin's Russia, An 'Adhocracy' Marked By Ambiguity And Plausible Deniability

5:02pm July 21, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Donald Trump Jr. found his meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya a waste of time, but her approach fits into a larger pattern of freelance political activity that has come to characterize Putin's Russia.

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Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, photographed on Nov. 8, 2016, met with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016.

Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr. Has Ties To Russian Government

10:05pm July 10, 2017

by Miles Parks

Natalia Veselnitskaya says she never acted on behalf of the government, but she's spent much of the past five years pushing Putin's messages and fighting American sanctions against Russia.

The president's eldest son, Donald Trump, Jr., admitted Sunday in a statement that he met with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 who was said to have had information helpful to his father's campaign against Hillary Clinton. He said the lawyer did not end up g

Trump Son Admits To Meeting Russian Lawyer With Offer Of 'Helpful' Info For Campaign

10:36pm July 09, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Donald Trump, Jr. gave shifting explanations of a meeting last summer with a Kremlin-linked lawyer, also attended by Trump's then-campaign chairman, Paul J. Manafort, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation outside Moscow on Thursday, ahead of Friday's G-20 meeting in Hamburg.

What Putin Wants From His G-20 Meeting With President Trump

3:08pm July 06, 2017

by Lucian Kim

When the two presidents meet Friday, the world will be looking for clues to the future of the fraught U.S.-Russian relationship. "Putin needs the meeting more than Trump," says one Russia expert.

Anti-government protesters march in Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia and Russia's third most populous city, with a banner reading "Corruption steals the future!"

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Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia's Capital

11:32pm June 12, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Novosibirsk is a key center of support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. "I believed that Putin would make things better," a protester said. But "he made things better only for a few people."

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Megyn Kelly in the debut broadcast of NBC News' Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. Kelly interviewed Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia.

'Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly' Makes A Tepid Debut

10:57am June 05, 2017

by Eric Deggans

The former Fox News star's debut on NBC featured an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Neither Putin, nor our television critic, was impressed.

Alexei Navalny's YouTube show attracts a million views per episode. The Putin critic offers breezy commentary on the week's events, fields questions from his Twitter feed and heaps scorn on the Kremlin.

Banned From Russian TV, A Putin Critic Gets His Message Out On YouTube

2:58pm June 01, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny is calling for nationwide protests and wants to be president. The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to the freewheeling weekly show he's started on YouTube.

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French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk in the Galerie des Batailles (Gallery of Battles) at the Palace of Versailles as they arrive for a joint press conference following their meeting near Paris on Monday.

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Macron Opens A 'Demanding' Dialogue With Putin In France

4:23pm May 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The newly elected French president is hosting his Russian counterpart at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. On the docket for the leaders: Ukraine, Syria and mending their countries' tattered ties.