A wave of outrage swept through the media after a film was released showing Russian military police forcing wounded soldiers to return to the front through beatings. For Russians, such behavior is not ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a press conference in the Leningrad region on Dec. 26, 2024. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS This week marked 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s ...

There has been a lot of debate over whether or not recent Russian history has been somewhat cyclical in nature.

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

Commonly, the term describes the semi-official persecution of Jews in the Russian Empire that began in the early 1880s. With their situation in Russia basically hopeless, many Jewish families left ...

Peter Suciu covers trends in social media. Four different distilleries in Russia were targeted by Ukrainian drones early Tuesday. It was the largest attack on Russia's alcohol production ...