Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that bans government officials from using foreign words in official documents and correspondence as well as while carrying out their duties. “When using Russian as…

The viral popularity of a newly emerged Russian subculture has in little more than a week caught the Kremlin’s eye and unsettled the authorities to such a degree that shopping…

Military correspondents report the entry of Russian troops into the village of Sinkovka, located six kilometers northeast of the long-suffering Kupyansk. There are no photos or videos from this section of…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday pledged assistance to West African states battling jihadists, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on a continent in a diplomatic tug-of-war between…

A former Israeli prime minister is walking back his suggestion that the United States may have “blocked” an agreement last year to end the war in Ukraine, a claim that…

Russia is preparing a new big offensive in Ukraine, which will begin in the next two weeks. Such warnings have recently been heard from Ukrainian and Western officials, they are also…

At about 1am on February 24 last year, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, received a troubling phone call. After spending months building up a more than 100,000-strong invasion force on…

With western sanctions disrupting bilateral payments, shipping, and transportation insurance, India and Russia are discussing sourcing from India and payments in third currencies as potential solutions With bilateral payments still…

As Russian President Vladimir Putin massed his military on Ukraine’s border in late 2021, many analysts doubted Putin would actually invade. But not Dmitri Alperovitch. “He was seeing Ukraine slip away…

Tehran has rejected newspaper claims that Iran and Russia are building a military drone factory in Tatarstan. Rebutting an article in The Wall Street Journal on February 7, Iranian Foreign…