The trip by the U.S. defense secretary comes as Russian forces steadily gain territory in eastern Ukraine. By Eric Schmitt Serhii Hnezdilov, a Ukrainian soldier, said he wanted to draw attention ...

Moldovan voters appeared leery of a move to enshrine in their Constitution an “irreversible” commitment to abandon Russian influence and one day join the European Union. By Andrew Higgins ...

Income from crude oil shipments in Russia has dropped to its lowest level in eight months, it has been reported, potentially complicating spending plans Vladimir Putin is committed to in keeping ...

Proposed legislation in Russia to prosecute those deemed to be promoting a "child free" lifestyle has sparked an angry response online. Russian opposition figure and rights defender Nikolai ...

Associate Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University Over the summer of 2024, some 250 Russian children traveled to North Korea for a 10-day-long kids camp.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier claimed that around 10,000 North Korean soldiers could join to support Russia.

An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link As Russia's GDP and inflation figures move in the wrong direction, the worst-case scenario for any economy looms large over ...

DULUTH — More than 4,000 miles separate northern Minnesota and Russia’s Republic of Karelia ... the Karelian people’s relationship with birch trees in every season: tapping birch sap in ...

Meeting between leaders of US, UK, Germany and France in Berlin yields ‘no consensus’ on long-range weapons for Ukraine.

The Russian government wants to earmark 32.5% of its spending for defense in 2025, a record amount and up from a reported 28.3% this year, as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.

Russia is continuing to lose more than 1,000 soldiers every day fighting in Ukraine, with the latest average putting the losses at nearly four times what it was during the initial invasion ...

The Russian president further explained that the new doctrine will “clearly set the conditions for Russia to transition to ...