Firefighters put out a fire at a private house following a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko) ...

Special forces from Russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardia) recently conducted military exercises on the Kola Peninsula, using ...

We take you inside the Battle of Grozni, where Russian forces entered the Chechen capital on New Year’s Eve 1994 expecting a swift victory and instead walked into one of the deadliest urban battles ...

History’s most dangerous soldiers are the ones fighting because they have nothing left to lose. America and Israel have just ...

Koku Istambulova, a survivor of Stalin's repressions and believed to be the world's oldest person, died aged 129 ...

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Western intelligence has observed a steady expansion of Russian surveillance equipment in Vienna over the past two years.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has appeared in public after a long absence. Judging by the published footage, his health condition remains not the best. The video was published on Kadyrov's ...

Israeli war on Iran has yielded some clear benefits for Russia: more oil revenues; fewer US weapons for Kyiv; a distraction from the Ukraine peace talks. But it isn’t all good for Moscow.

Russian pro-government blogger Ilya Remeslo has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after publicly criticising Kremlin ...

His legal broadsides against anti-corruption crusader Aleksei Navalny brought Ilya Remeslo's wide notoriety. This week, ...