Putin has long viewed nostalgia as a powerful means of reassuring — and subduing — the public. Putin revived the Soviet anthem and restored the Red Army flag as the official banner of the military.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. At least 14 people were killed in Poltava ...

One person was killed and four people injured in a blast at a residential building in northwest Moscow, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Monday, citing emergency services One killed in ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...

The boat had left to deliver magnesia to France in 2022. Following the war in Ukraine, it was stuck in the port of Saint-Malo ...

At least seven people have been injured after Russia launched a missile attack on the historic centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city Odesa, seriously damaging the Unesco World Heritage Site.

"At the time of the attack, dozens of local residents were inside the building preparing to evacuate," Ukraine's military said on Feb. 1, adding that nearly 95 people could be trapped under the rubble ...

Nariman Dzhelyal has been appointed as Ukraine’s new ambassador to Turkiye after facing jail at the Kremlin’s hands.

Missile attack damages historic buildings in Odesa, injures seven Zelenskiy emphasizes need to strengthen Ukraine's air defences Odesa governor reports repeated Russian military attacks on same ...

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Before we go, here is a rundown of what has been happening over the last 24 hours: Police in Norway have seized a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew, who they are interviewing over damage to ...

Sailing off the south coast of England, the Russian trawler known as the Yantar carried its usual array of hi-tech equipment. In photographs released by the Ministry of Defence, a large radar dome ...