Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main ...

The Decembrists were Russia’s first revolutionaries, challenging autocracy in the early 19th century. This series explores ...

The right of Russia to have consuls in all parts of the Ottoman Empire, with the absence of any corresponding right on the part of Turkey, has ever since opened the way for Russian intrigue in ...

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

What to know about the Russian-Iranian relationship: Russia and Iran fought wars in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the Russian Empire capturing broad territories in the Caucasus and the Caspian ...

A Ukrainian band is treating international audiences to their country's traditional folk music, spiced up with world music ...

Don’t look now but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s would-be global empire is getting smaller ... transit of weapons and ammunition from Iran and Russia has now been denied now by the ...

The European Union renewed on Monday its wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, after Hungary stopped ...