Putin Turns Again to China’s Xi as Russia’s Clout Crumbles WSJ.com: World News By: Austin Ramzy · Thomas Grove 30 August 2026 at 14:00 The shifting power status of the two leaders will be front and center on Monday, when they are set to meet in Kyrgyzstan. © Alexander Kazakov/Russian Govern/Alexander Kazakov/Russian Govern/Planet Pix/ZUMA Press
Russia Is Bombarding Europe With a New Wave of ‘Gray Zone’ Attacks WSJ.com: World News By: Daniel Michaels · Thomas Grove 30 August 2026 at 06:00 NATO countries see Moscow’s appetite for conflict increasing as it flounders against Ukraine. © Sebastian Willnow/dpa/Associated Press
What’s Left of Russian Democracy? Some Say a Debate Over a Statue WSJ.com: World News By: Thomas Grove 28 August 2026 at 21:55 Residents in Moscow got a rare taste of direct democracy when they were asked to a weigh in on a monument to Alexander Pushkin. © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Zuma Press
Top White House Aides Were in the Dark on Ratcliffe Russia Trip WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Laurence Norman · Thomas Grove 28 August 2026 at 01:28 By sending his CIA chief, Trump is trying a new tack to tamp down Russian aggression. © Tom Brenner/Associated Press
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Makes Surprise Trip to Moscow WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Thomas Grove 25 August 2026 at 20:06 The agency declined to comment on Ratcliffe’s first publicly known trip to the Russian capital, where he spent about four hours before leaving. © Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Press
Russia Tests Readiness for New Round of Military Mobilization WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Thomas Grove 23 August 2026 at 12:30 Recent exercises gauged the military’s ability to absorb a mass of recruits in case the Kremlin orders a fresh mobilization push for the first time since 2022. © Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters
Why Ukraine Is Ramping Up Its Aerial War Against Russia WSJ.com: World News By: Louisa Naks · Thomas Grove 18 August 2026 at 19:00 Watch WSJ’s Thomas Grove explain how Ukraine’s targeted strikes on Russia’s retail and energy hubs are exposing the war’s hidden economic cost. © Tatyana Makeyeva/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
The Wild History of the Russian Online Retail Giant Being Bombarded by Ukraine WSJ.com: World News By: Daria Matviichuk · Georgi Kantchev · Thomas Grove 9 August 2026 at 06:00 During two decades of rapid growth, Wildberries has established itself at the intersection of business and power in Russia. © Stringer/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Putin Overhauls War Effort in Ukraine as Russia Seeks Momentum WSJ.com: World News By: Thomas Grove 5 August 2026 at 20:16 The Kremlin appoints new commanders after Russia’s military faces growing criticism for its slowest gains in years. © Pavel Seleznev/TASS/ZUMA Press
The Kremlin Is Bullying More Russians Into Fighting in Ukraine WSJ.com: World News By: Daria Matviichuk · Thomas Grove 3 August 2026 at 05:00 Russia is strong-arming more fighting-age men into military service as voluntary recruitment stalls and Moscow’s initiative in Ukraine falters. © Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/Shutterstock
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