The Kremlin used to tread softly when exercising its influence in the countries along its southern border, by expanding the ...

“I am the author, or one of the authors, of the new Russian system,” Vladislav Surkov told us by way of introduction. On this spring day in 2013, he was wearing a white shirt and a leather ...

Vladislav Surkov, a senior aide to President Vladimir Putin, made a pilgrimage to Mount Athos despite being barred from the E.U.

Vladislav Surkov was the ideologue of Putin's autocracy, a master of disinformation, and a ruthless supporter of Ukraine's separatists. Now he's been fired—but his ideas remain.

Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin’s “gray cardinal” and architect of President Vladimir Putin’s system of political control, is out of a job in the most recent Russian government shake-up .

MOSCOW — Russia's deputy prime minister, Vladislav Surkov, resigned Wednesday, becoming the third leading cabinet official to leave Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's year-old government.

Formally, Vladislav Surkov's departure as deputy Kremlin chief of staff to become deputy prime minister is a lateral move. In reality, it marks the end of an era.

MOSCOW — Vladislav Surkov, a masterful political operative and propagandist known as the “gray cardinal” of the Kremlin, was fired Wednesday in a move that was widely seen as a reflection of ...

Russian politician and former presidential aide Vladislav Surkov has urged the Russian authorities not to pass a law that would allow the state to regulate private military companies (PMCs) like ...

For the Trump administration, which is still seeking a swift end to the conflict, that is undoubtedly a bitter pill to swallow. But the drivers of Russian policy dictate that, even if it wanted to, ...