Vladimir Putin

× Clear Filters
168 Articles

Death Toll Climbs in Ukraine With Russia’s ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes

The tactic adds to evidence of intent to kill civilians through targeted or indiscriminate attacks, including on aid workers and institutions.

Xi’s Visit and a New Poll: The Geopolitical Contest for the Western Balkans

Failure by the EU and the US to present a cohesive, compelling vision risks further entrenching the influence of China and Russia.

As EU and Local Elections Approach, Hungary’s Civil Society Braces for Renewed Government Assault

Human rights activists see Orban escalating repression of independent organizations and media, and they call on the US Congress to help.

Russian Human Rights Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Marks Two Years Behind Bars

His wife, Evgenia, calls on the global democratic community to stand with her husband and others fighting Putin's repression.
In an aerial view, flags wave on graves of Ukrainian soldiers at ‘Field Of Mars’ War Cemetery

Deportation, Detention, and Other Crimes: In Ukraine, the Past and Present of International Criminal Law Converge

International law concepts at least partially formed in Lviv, Ukraine, now frame discussions about accountability in the Russia-Ukraine war today.
Vladimir Kara-Murza is standing, dressed in black, apparently behind a glass barrier, with his right palm against the glass.

A Simple US Step Can Help Protect Another Imprisoned Democracy Activist in Russia

After Navalny's death, one of Putin's many political prisoners urgently needs the US to designate him as "unlawfully or wrongfully detained."
The episode title appears with sound waves behind it.

The Just Security Podcast: A Russian Legal Scholar in Exile on the Future of Resistance to Putin

Viola Gienger recently interviewed Gleb Bogush, a Russian lawyer and expert on international criminal law who fled Russia in 2022.
In this pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to TV host and Director General of Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti) news agency Dmitry Kiselyov at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 12, 2024. His comments included that Russia was "ready" to use nuclear weapons if it felt necessary, but “there has never been such a need." the scene shows Putin sitting in front of a Russian flag, facing the interviewer, whose back is to the camera. (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Beating Putin’s Game of Nuclear Chicken

The Russian leader regularly threatens to use nuclear weapons to intimidate the US. An effective counter would exploit his fears.
Russian banknotes

Past Time to Liquidate Russian Assets

Russia, not Ukraine, should bear the costs of its unprovoked war. Russia’s gross illegality has unjustly enriched Russia, impoverished Ukraine, and imposed huge costs on their…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia, opposition politician Lyubov Sobol and other demonstrators take part in a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in downtown Moscow on February 29, 2020. The crowds hold high white-blue-red flags of Russia all around them. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Opposition Searches for Shreds of Hope After Navalny’s Death

Lines to endorse an antiwar candidate for president and to lay flowers in memory of Navalny show courage and a desire for democracy.
MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 16: People leave flowers during a vigil for Alexiei Navalny in front of the Russian Embassy on February 16, 2024 in Munich, Germany. The death of Russian opposition politician, Alexi Navalny, 47, was announced this morning by the Russian Prison Service. Alexei Anatolievich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. Born in Butyn' in 1976, he refounded the Russia of the Future party in 2018 and organised anti-government demonstrations. He was an advocate against corruption in Russia, and against President Vladimir Putin and his government. Navalny was hospitalised in 2020 for poisoning by a novichok agent and accused President Putin of being responsible. An investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service. In 2022 he was jailed for nine years after a trial for embezzlement which was labelled a sham by Amnesty International. He is survived by his wife, Yulia Navalnaya and two children.

Navalny’s Death and the Kremlin

The cause of a better Russia for which Navalny gave his life is neither a lost nor impossible cause.
The episode title appears with sound waves behind it.

The Just Security Podcast: Russia’s Political Prisoners and Their Lawyers: Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Case Highlights the Risks

In Russia and other repressive countries, the situation is often dire for the lawyers trying to defend political prisoners.
1-12 of 168 items

DON'T MISS A THING. Stay up to date with Just Security curated newsletters: