"Putin is unmoored from reality." The Russian President's isolation isn't helping his judgement, but it's unlikely his successor would be any different, says Robert Service, Emeritus Professor of Russian history at St. Anthony's College, Oxford and a bio...

"Putin needs to demonstrate that he is not that weak as he looks now." Putin ‘wants the image of an anti-western bloc leader’, but will need to show that he is not weak, former Russian parliament adviser Nikolai Petrov tells #TimesRadio.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s health has been a topic of global discussion after footage showed him coughing, walking stiffly and seemingly tired. WSJ looks at how his on-camera appearances are being scrutinized amid the war in Ukraine and questions...