Category: 1. Russia

As he looks to solidify his territorial gains in Ukraine in a potential ceasefire deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has one eye trained on Russia’s southern border – and boosting Russian influence in Central Asia.

Following his…

A court in Tomsk has sentenced a realtor to 80 hours of community service for “inciting hatred or enmity” by advising women to marry soldiers deployed to Ukraine on the assumption that they’ll later be killed, resulting in a large…

Previously unseen video recordings offer new insight into the Bucha massacre, a horrific event of the Ukraine war. A new investigation by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service ‪reveals new evidence of the mass execution of civilians during the Russian…

Hungary announced it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest for his first trip to Europe since an ICC arrest warrant was issued for him over alleged war crimes…

Eurasianist philosopher Alexander Dugin is now teaching a new course on Western Studies in Moscow State University’s political science department. 

The premise of the lecture series was first revealed last October when Dugin explained that…

Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev reported from Washington on Thursday that he’s completed two days of talks with “key members of the Trump administration” and achieved “significant progress” on a ceasefire in Ukraine. 

Dmitriev,…

The European Union’s freeze on Russian assets has affected more than 5 million private investors, most of whom are not under Western sanctions. Instead of trying to accommodate these people, the E.U. keeps returning to the possible confiscation…