Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, has since 1999 made reestablishing influence over Russia’s “near abroad” a ...

But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

Canned food maker Glavprodukt, which was seized in October and is the only American-owned firm to be taken under state control, has been caught in the crosshairs.