President Vladimir V. Putin at the Kremlin last week. His wisest words over the past 12 years have been compiled in a 400-page book modestly titled “Words That Change the World.” Credit Pool photo by Maxim Shipenkov MOSCOW — The Kremlin is bestowing a...

Hundreds of Russian women are posting selfies with scrunched faces on Instagram, as part of a protest against officials - including one who remarked about women aged 27 having wrinkles, and another who married a teenager aged under 18. It began with an...

By EMILY PARKER - Aleksei Navalny and Russia’s Protesters Face a Tough Battle ON Tuesday, a court in Moscow convicted Russia’s top opposition blogger, Aleksei A. Navalny, of criminal fraud. Mr. Navalny, who has been under house arrest for nearly a year,...