With its cobbled market square and gold-domed churches, the Russian town of Vereya bears few scars of the Ukraine offensive announced by President Vladimir Putin three years ago.

Several European countries have issued full bans on almost all tourist visas for Russian citizens. That hasn’t stopped them ...

However, many of those issues — among them the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, climate change and immigration — also put Francis on ...

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

The agency also identified China as a key actor, while noting that Russia and Pakistan have the potential to engage in similar activities, reported Reuters. CSIS made the remarks amid strained ...

Russian law still states that Taliban members must be arrested if they enter the country, but "no Taliban member has been ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an ...

For the first time in the history of independent Belarus, the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus was raised at the inland ...

“This is a market in turmoil and it has provoked all kinds of appetites,” said one person working with multinationals in Russia. “There are all kinds of scavengers walking around.” ...

Ukraine still holds small pockets of land in the Kursk region, according to ISW data, including land near the Russian towns of Tyotkino, Vesyoloye and Slobodka-Ivanovka - all of which are to the ...

Alexander Khinshtein, the governor of Kursk who was appointed by Putin in December, said the raising of Russia's flag in Guyevo meant Russian forces were on course to regain control of the region ...