Channelling the heavyweights of Russia's past, the current president sees it as his job to "retake" territory he deems to be Russian. It is a fundamental part of who he is.
As the future of the US presence in the Middle East is being debated, foreign policy discussions would be incomplete without considering Russia's role in the region. Al Majalla explains.
The Russian economy witnessed considerable economic strain following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions by the United States and its partners.This led to a contraction of…
On 27 February 2014, Russia invaded the strategic Black Sea peninsula and later annexed it in March. Since then, it has become the foundation of Putin's current and future ambitions.
On 24 February 2022, Moscow invaded its neighbour to the west. For much of Europe, Ukraine is quite literally a call to arms to fight Russian expansionism
Despite sanctions, a brain drain, investor withdrawal, inflation, high interest rates, falling oil prices and reducing reserves, Vladimir Putin thinks Russia's economy is A-grade. Is it?
Closure, airspace, sanctions, spare parts, subsidies, re-registrations, and re-routing woes plague carriers that used to fly over Russia. How has it affected their bottom line? Al Majalla explains.
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?