Over the past three years, every new headline about an arson attack on Russian railway infrastructure, a police station, or a conscription office has raised the same set of questions. Was the perpetrator a lone anti-war activist trying to hinder Moscow’s…

Last week, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security signed an agreement to allocate $250 million in foreign assistance funding toward a plan for the removal and return of people from active conflict zones, The Washington Post reports, citing draft…

Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, said that 20,000 people who received Russian citizenship have been sent to the front lines in Ukraine.

On May 15, a life-sized wall sculpture of Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the Moscow Metro. Subway officials described it as “a gift to passengers” to mark the transit system’s 90th anniversary. The following day, unidentified activists papered the installation…

A Russian missile strike on a military training ground in Ukraine’s Sumy region killed six people and wounded more than 10, the Ukrainian National Guard said in a statement posted to Facebook on the morning of May 21. The strike reportedly occurred during…

Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region earlier this week, the Kremlin’s press service announced on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Russia has pledged to send Washington its terms for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Andriy Portnov, a top aide to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead outside the gates of a school in the Spanish town of Pozuelo de Alarcón on Wednesday, Sky News and Reuters report.

A local official in Russia’s Kursk region told Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that annexing Ukraine’s Sumy region is necessary for national security. “Sumy should be ours,” said Pavel Zolotaryov, head of the Glushkovsky District, at a meeting between municipal…

Chinese tourism to Russia is booming — believe it or not. In 2024, four times as many Chinese nationals visited Russia through tour operators as in the previous year. Official data show that 106,700 Chinese travelers arrived in the first quarter of 2025 —…

Russia’s justice minister has proposed introducing “the defense of moral values” as a new basis for exemption from criminal liability. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, Konstantin Chuychenko said, “Currently, individuals can be exempted…

After kicking off peace negotiations in February with a phone call to Vladimir Putin, earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump had to call his Russian counterpart again. Months of talks, public spats, backchannel pressure, and high-stakes diplomacy…

After several years of rapid, war-driven growth, the Russian economy has begun to cool. Oil prices remain well below their peak levels, and the U.S. Department of Energy has already lowered its 2025 forecast for Brent crude’s spot price. Meanwhile, the European…

Andriy Portnov, a former top aide to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead in a wealthy neighborhood outside Madrid on Wednesday. The ex-official was reportedly killed shortly after dropping off his children at the American School of…

U.S. President Donald Trump privately told European leaders that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not prepared to end the war in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the conversation. The remarks reportedly…

Russian air defense forces shot down 35 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Wednesday night, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Officers from the Russian Investigative Committee raided the homes of relatives of Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova, Mediazona reported on Thursday, citing the activists themselves.

U.S. President Donald Trump told European leaders on May 19 that the next round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place at the Vatican, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the conversation.

The Russian state-sponsored hacker group known as Fancy Bear hacked into security cameras in an effort to surveil Western aid deliveries to Ukraine and disrupt supplies routes, The Guardian reported on Thursday, citing the intelligence services of the U.K.…

More than 20 Russian-born residents of Serbia have been left stateless after giving up their Russian citizenship in order to receive Serbian passports, only to be denied them, The Moscow Times reported on Thursday.