First, the country was a Nazi ally; then it became a NATO stooge. The latest allegation: It’s a reckless Russia-basher that deserves a ruthless response from the Kremlin. Who said Finland was boring?

The news out of Moscow is a bit of non-news: Russia’s top diplomat is still in his job. On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moved to tamp down intense media speculation about a potential reshuffle at the highest echelon of Russian foreign policy.

Russia’s “foreign agent” law, established in 2012 to identify individuals and organizations that received international funding, has become a tool to criminally prosecute and ban from public life anyone who disagrees with the state.

Trump has notched several achievements — on NATO funding, brokering ceasefires and concluding or making progress on trade agreements. He gave Putin 50 days to agree to a ceasefire and threatened to impose ‘secondary tariffs’ on countries that buy oil ...

It’s often stated that useful collaboration with Russia is not possible. Is this true? Not really. There are some areas where useful collaboration would be difficult due to Russian ideological commitments. But there are areas where dialogue and ...

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Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine is one piece of a broader campaign to restore a sphere of influence in post-Soviet Eurasia. The 2022 invasion came as a shock to many of Russia’s neighbors in eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia ...

No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in ...

As the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas leads calls to loan frozen Russian assets to Ukraine and increase pressure on Putin, Monocle sits down with her at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, Donald Trump, Gaza and how she ...

A leading Russian foreign policy expert views the talks between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as well as Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky positively.