Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. But Russia's three-day presidential vote was never about democratic procedure. For the ...

President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years on Monday with a highly orchestrated landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free ...

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't said if he will stand for a fourth term. But with the election a little more than four months off, the presidential race is a mélange of hypotheticals with one ...