Alexei Navalny’s Death Marks End of Political Dissent in Russia

Street protests and activism tolerated by Putin before the war in Ukraine have largely vanished

Putin’s Warped Wartime Economy, as Seen Through a Carton of Eggs

Egg inflation is latest symptom of painful trade-offs Moscow has made to fund its onslaught on Ukraine

How Putin’s Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin

Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group

Putin Has Staked Russia’s Resources on Victory in Ukraine. Can the West Match Him?

Kremlin leader seeks to turn advantage in manpower and munitions into battlefield progress, while Western will and assistance for Kyiv waver