YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian voters are heading to the polls for a presidential election in which Vladimir Putin’s victory is assured — the only question being how convincing his mandate will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Valdimir Putin speaks during the "Year in Review with Vladimir Putin" end of the year televised press conference ...

Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, stood against seven other candidates, but his most vocal critic Alexei Navalny was barred from the ballot for legal reasons and the final outcome ...

Vladimir Putin has been in power in Russia for a quarter of a Century. True, he did have a 4-year-stint as Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012, because the Russian constitution did not allow for a ...

Moscow-backed administrations in these regions have organized votes and political processes that Kyiv and its allies say are ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians would overwhelmingly reject any referendum that cedes territory in exchange for “peace” with Russia, Kyiv lawmakers warned Wednesday, arguing that no one believes Russian ...