Brian D. Taylor: Obviously not ... Navalny is dead now because of Vladimir Putin. The decision to try to kill Navalny in 2020 with Novichok was almost certainly taken personally by Putin.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Brian Taylor, who teaches Russian politics at Syracuse University, about the call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of Azerbaijan ...

The Kremlin has said that communication between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could ... "Putin will be happy but wary about the Trump victory," Brian Taylor, a political science professor ...