By STEVEN LEE MYERS, APRIL 2, 2016 President Vladimir V. Putin with Mikhail Y. Lesin in 2002, when Mr. Lesin was minister of the press and instrumental in Mr. Putin’s efforts to wrest control over national television networks from the tycoons who controlled...

KIEV, Ukraine — With their country caught in a fierce tug-of-war between Russia and the West over a new 21st-century security order, Ukrainians on Sunday elected Petro O. Poroshenko, a pro-European billionaire, as president, turning to a soft-spoken businessman...