Category: 1. Russia

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heads into its fourth summer, the country’s funeral industry is seeing record growth. With nearly 200 new businesses opening in 2025, the funeral market has grown at least 12 percent so far this year. Families…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The NATO leaders’ summit was tailor-made for Donald Trump, with a truncated schedule and a headline defense spending commitment secured in advance so the U.S. president could arrive having already secured…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for the upcoming BRICS summit due to the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.

According to Ushakov, Russian Foreign…

Between February and May 2025, more than 10 Russian regions introduced one-time payments for pregnant schoolgirls, ostensibly to support young mothers and boost demographic growth. But the policy has drawn a mixed response from both the public…

Over the past six months, judges with Russia’s 2nd Western Military District Court have sentenced 184 Ukrainian soldiers captured during the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ operation in the Kursk region, according to a tally by Mediazona.

Journalists…

US President Donald Trump said the United States would try to get Ukraine some more air defense systems to protect against deadly Russian attacks but would not commit to approving more aid for the embattled nation.

Trump also seemed to pin most…

In the final declaration of the NATO summit in The Hague, the allies adopted a new goal of investing 5% of their GDP annually in defense and security by no later than 2035. In response, the alliance members expect…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the Ukrainian conflict cannot be resolved militarily, while calling on the United States to join the European Union and increase sanctions pressure on Russia.

“There…