President Trump is breaking with decades of U.S. policy toward Russia. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elina Ribakova, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Russia has launched massive drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian cities over the weekend. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The attacks happened over the past three nights, even as the ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: With the deposed Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, now exiled in Moscow, Syria's new leadership is still taking shape. That's in part because the rebels who toppled the regime ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Russian leader Vladimir Putin says his country has the right to retaliate against NATO countries that arm Ukraine. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Yeah.

Ukrainian forces now control more than 400 square miles of Russian territory Ukraine says it has solidified its control over parts of Russia's Kursk region. NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired ...

What does President Trump's changing rhetoric on Vladimir Putin suggest about his relationship with the Russian leader? NPR's Michel Martin asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: As President Trump pushes to end Russia's war in Ukraine, one of the key topics for negotiators will be sanctions. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.

MARTIN: Meanwhile, Russia announced it's ready to hold another round of peace talks. In a few minutes, we'll talk about Trump and Putin's relationship with a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine ...

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: ... Michel, to go after Russia's oil sales, because if you think about the context in early 2022, inflation in the United States was at a four-decade high.

Michel Martin December 10, 2024 / 4:14 am NPR's Michel Martin talks to Russian historian Sergey Radchenko about what happens to Russia's sphere of influence in the Middle East with Assad gone.