On Nov. 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law expanded criteria for the use of nuclear weapons, reserving "the right to consider a nuclear response to a conventional weapons attack ...
The fall of the House of Assad deals a major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aspirations as a Middle East power broker – and raises new questions about the fragility of his own regime.
With the regime of his Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad toppled in Damascus, Russian leader Vladimir Putin received a public warning from President-elect Donald Trump, who urged him to agree to a ...