A Moscow military court has for the first time acknowledged that 20 sailors were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet nearly four years ago.
The sinking of the cruiser Moskva in…

A Moscow military court has for the first time acknowledged that 20 sailors were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet nearly four years ago.
The sinking of the cruiser Moskva in…


The Kremlin said it was satisfied with the outcome of nearly four hours of talks hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, indicating no softening of hard-line territorial demands to end its war on Ukraine after the late-night meeting with a…

President Vladimir Putin met late Thursday with an American delegation led by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the latest developments in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a day before planned trilateral…

President Vladimir Putin met late Thursday with an American delegation led by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the latest developments in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a day before planned trilateral…




Following talks between…


In conversations with journalists,…

This article will be published in the second issue of Russia in Global Affairs for 2026.
The fall of 2025 saw renewed discussion of an alleged impasse on the Ukrainian front, necessitating a well-founded assessment…