Amid widespread reports of Russian abuses against residents, Vladimir Putin said living standards in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine should reach the average level for Russia by 2030. That’s ...

Russia's international assistance agency, Rossotrudnichestvo, is seeking to expand its global influence by filling ...

Russia’s Su-57 “Felon,” conceived as the answer to America’s F-22 Raptor, has been a deeply troubled and largely unsuccessful ...

When Sergiy Kyslytsya returned to Kyiv in February 2025 to take on the role of first deputy foreign minister after serving as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, he brought with him expertise ...

Preventing the formation of a new axis is a valuable pursuit for the West. It should learn from the past – rather than repeating it – by avoiding the mistakes of Kissinger's attempt to destabilise ...

During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies.

Long ago, the northern Norwegian town of Kirkenes was liberated by the Soviets. It maintained friendly relations with Russia ...

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state ...

According to China expert Lyle Morris, corruption is deeply embedded in the People’s Liberation Army. In an interview, he ...

EKA TKESHELASHVILI served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia during Mikheil Saakashvili’s ...

From the Finnish president’s lakeside summer residence, Alexander Stubb tells Peter Hartcher what Australia can learn from ...

Russian authorities have confiscated assets worth some $50 billion over the past three years, underscoring the scale of the ...