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The politics of Russia take place in the framework of the federal semi-presidential republic of Russia. According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is head of state, and of a multi-party system with executive power exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President with the ...
Vladimir Putin has been Russia's dominant political figure since his election as president in 2000, serving two terms and then a four-year stint as prime minister, before resuming the...
Russia is holding a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Vladimir Putin’s rule throughout this decade and into the 2030s. Most votes will be cast over three days from Friday,...
Voting started Friday and concluded Sunday. Putin won the contest with over 87 percent of the vote, with a reported 77 percent turnout. The record post-Soviet win was Putin’s choreographed attempt...
The Kremlin ensured Vladimir Putin had no credible opponent so it was always certain he would secure a fifth term by a landslide. It was at a grand military awards ceremony last December that ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's party has won a parliamentary majority following an election marred by reports of fraud. With almost all of the votes counted, the United Russia party had won...
This month’s vote will be the first conducted while Russia is involved in a major war, and Vladimir Putin is counting on a strong show of national unity and highlighting support in occupied...
With a ‘partial mobilization,’ Putin escalates the war. Biden says U.S. and its allies will ‘stand in solidarity’ against Russia’s aggression. Putin announces his support for referendums ...
MOSCOW — Russia’s governing party has retained a two-thirds majority in the lower house of Parliament and claimed a sweeping victory in opposition-minded Moscow — a stark display of Kremlin power...
Russia’s leadership consistently prioritizes political loyalty over battlefield effectiveness, resulting in some of the most competent military leaders being relieved of command. This became a common complaint even before the mutiny by Evgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group mercenaries against Putin in June 2023.