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?

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 .

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.

Take, for example, Vladislav Surkov, who this morning appeared on a list of White House sanctions.Surkov is an amazing character. The Western press has dubbed him the Kremlin's gray cardinal, but ...

Russian President's Aide Vladislav Surkov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow on Mar. 24, 2016.

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 ...