Forget Putin’s global posturing ... What is certain is that Russia’s greatest challenges are domestic – and that Putin will spend 2016 desperately hoping that the price of oil starts to climb.

Putin emphasizes Russia’s domestic challenges as he launches another, and perhaps final, term. ... For now, Putin’s dominance of Russia’s political system seems ironclad.

With oil demand collapses as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing new challenges to his skill to project strength ...

ANALYSIS-Putin's economic challenges are numerous but surmountable as election looms ... Putin's key domestic challenge will be grappling with a stark labour shortage, ...

Vladimir Putin, whose regime’s legitimacy is derived from his unparalleled popular support, is facing the biggest political challenge since his last return to the Kremlin in 2011-2012.

Putin’s Public Opinion Challenge. August 21, 2014. By ... As for popular support for Vladimir Putin, ... are satisfied with domestic socioeconomic conditions but also understand that a widened ...

The Institute for the Study of War has said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ignoring efforts to soften the economic pressure on Russia and workforce deficits in the country, instead ...

Watch these six documentaries for insights into how Putin has handled domestic challenges to his authority in the past — and how the Kremlin’s crackdown on internal dissent, free speech and ...

Vladimir Putin took a huge risk by launching the invasion of Ukraine – and could now be facing serious domestic challenges because of it. After all, Moscow has not secured any major battlefield ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another six years in the Kremlin by standing in an election in March where his victory is widely assumed to be a foregone conclusion.Here are ...

The CIA has long been on the hook to decipher the “riddle wrapped inside an enigma” posed by the Kremlin’s multifaceted threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies.

Putin, who on Thursday said the economy was set to grow 3.5% this year, on Friday said he would run again, a move that could keep him in power until at least 2030.