Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the abyss and,

Boris Johnson called Vladimir Putin a "f**king idiot" during a TV interview and said the Russian leader needs to understand his country's empire is "over".

World War I had a catastrophic impact on Russia, forcing its withdrawal before the conflict ended, resulting in significant territorial losses, including what is now Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Finland,

Many assume this Trump tough talk is his signature bluster, which he uses to threaten allies to do what he wants. When he suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum trolled Trump with a 17th-century map labeling the United States “America Mexicana.”

The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia, extended across Eurasia from 1721 (succeeding the Tsardom of Russia) until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Ruled by tsars who had ultimate authority,

Boris Johnson has called Vladimir Putin a “f------ idiot” and told the Russian leader: “No more empire.” The former prime minister made the comments as he declared that Ukraine and other Eastern European countries would never rejoin the “Russian imperium”.

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into Europe.

Empires are costly and inefficient, and imperialism is costly and counterproductive, with both combining to generate the very forces that eventually bring about imperial downfall.

Ilya Repin was one of the greatest Realist painters of the Russian Empire. Born in present-day Ukraine, he traveled extensively, observing people and personalities. Although he was mostly known as a history painter,

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It’s critical that Americans understand how their own national security interests have been served by Ukraine’s resistance, writes.

In January 1919, two disparate Ukrainian states – the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic – merged into one.