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Severe wildfires raging in a Siberian region of Russia have engulfed more than 600,000 hectares of forest, local authorities have warned. In the Eastern Siberian territory of Zabaykalsky Krai ...

Russia celebrated the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in an annual parade that filled Red Square with military hardware and dozens of foreign leaders. Vladimir Putin ...

Russia on Friday celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, as President Vladimir Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red ...

The current popular narrative surrounding Russia and its neighbors boils down to the following: Moscow poses a threat to the purported liberal world order; Russia is “destined” to remain on th ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to host the leaders of China, Brazil and other heads of states for festivities on Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in ...

Vice President JD Vance said Russia is “asking for too much” in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. “Certainly, the first peace offer that the Russians put on the table, our reaction to ...

WASHINGTON – Former President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to surrender territory to Russia “modern-day appeasement” in an exclusive interview with the BBC.

Russia’s war to conquer Ukraine has been raging since February 2022. At first, the Russian offensive seemed fated for success: Russian troops came within a few kilometers of Kyiv, and Western ...

Concern is growing in Moscow that Russia could lose its edge in talks with the United States over the Ukraine war now that Kyiv has finally signed an economic partnership agreement giving ...

But no solution could be found. Russia demonstrated little interest, after mid-2022, in any negotiated end to the war. President Donald Trump came into office pledging to end the war -- a war that ...