Kremlin Logs

Saint Basil's Cathedral rises like a vision from a medieval fairytale, its onion domes swirling in brilliant reds, greens, blues, and gold against the skyline of Moscow. Built in the 16th century, the cathedral...

The word Interregnum comes from Latin, inter (between) and regnum (reign or rule). In ancient Rome and medieval Europe, it described the dangerous legal vacuum between the death of one ruler and the formal...

The contemporary international system stands at a critical juncture. What was heralded as the ‘end of the Cold War’ following the collapse of the Soviet Union has instead produced nearly three decades of unprecedented...

Prime Minister Narender Damodardas Modi’s embrace of President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin at the airport, on December 4, 2025, during the latter’s state visit to New Delhi, marked an inflection point in India-Russia relations and...

At the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Vladivostok, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Russia’s Pivot to Asia. It was in response to Asia’s growing economic importance, Moscow’s growth constraints with its traditional...

In May 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin, extended a rare personal gesture to Akie Abe, wife of late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, by facilitating her visit to Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre in his own...

President Vladimir Putin and President Masoud Pezeshkian, representing two of the world’s most sanctioned nations, signed a twenty-year Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement in Moscow during Pezeshkian’s official visit to Russia last week. This landmark...