The president's best option to pressure Putin is the one thing he might be least willing to do: put a much tighter squeeze on Russia's oil and gas exports.

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A Japanese man in Belarus has been convicted on charges of working for Japan's intelligence and sentenced to seven years in ...

Moscow's defence ministry says Russian forces are advancing in southern Ukraine and have pushed through part of the Ukrainian lines less than 50km (31 miles) southeast of the city of Zaporizhzhia ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to Moscow in May to sign a "fully agreed upon" strategic partnership treaty. The Russian and Venezuelan leaders spoke ...

Francesco Totti, a former AS Roma football player, sparked debate in Italy by planning to attend an event in Moscow. This ...

Trump says he will speak with Putin tomorrow as Moscow sets out Nato demand - Talks between Trump and Putin will be 'really good and positive', says US envoy ...

With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities have been increasingly targetting Central Asian migrants for military recruitment. Russian authorities often use arbitrary detention ...

Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took hold in Vladimir ...

Thus, the 'Captain' appears on the posters that seem to fill Moscow. The reason: participation on April 8 (date written in Roman numerals) and an event organized by a sports and betting magazine.

The inaugural Bukhara Biennial will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence as a contemporary art hub.