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How Vladislav Surkov invented the new Russia. At the same time, Russia was discovering the magic of PR and advertising, and Surkov found his métier.
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, a senior aide to President Vladimir Putin, made a pilgrimage to Mount Athos despite being barred from the E.U.
Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin's 'gray cardinal,' is at the top of the U.S. sanctions list. Is he pulling Putin's strings?
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.
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.
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, ...
Vladislav Surkov, once known as the Kremlin’s ‘puppet master’ by friends and foes alike, said “private military companies” were an idea imported from the US, created to engage in proxy wars.
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 ...