Eastern Europe

For Russian language students, the main impact of the war has been to make it impossible to visit the place they are studying....

Evan Gershkovich categorically denied the espionage accusations, TASS reported....

Russia added military training to its school curriculum following the invasion of Ukraine in a controversial move....

A London-registered company reportedly sent technical equipment including servers, laptops and computer parts to Russia....

After months of relative stability, the Russian ruble continued to weaken rapidly against major currencies on Friday....

Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on the incident....

Two popular comedians are in hot water over an on-stage joke about this week's bomb killing of Vladlen Tatarsky....

The Russian president's comments came at a meeting dedicated to ensuring law and order in four Ukrainian regions he claims to have annexed....

Khaoyan Suy and Gela Gogishvili document their life as an openly gay, interracial, non-Slavic couple living in Russia on their social media channels....

The Finance Ministry said it will sell 74.6 billion rubles ($940 million) worth of foreign currency to cover the expected shortage....

Lynne Tracy becomes ambassador during the worst crisis in years between the U.S. and Russia....

Vitaly Votanovsky was one of the first bloggers to discover special burial sites for Wagner mercenaries killed in Ukraine....

One audience member told The Moscow Times that Vladlen Tatarsky said: "No worries, bring it here, we'll check it."...

A couple in Nizhny Tagil has been detained by the FSB for allegedly spying for Ukraine....

The indicted former U.S. president has a long history of entanglements, alleged and proven, with Russia....

The bank said it had suffered from an "unprecedented" outflow of foreign currencies last year....

Over 200 Russian journalists have signed an open letter calling for the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich....

Moscow has developed alternative routes for its deliveries following a Western embargo....

Darya Trepova is accused of acting on orders from "figures based in Ukraine" and committing a "terror attack by an organized group."...

Tashkent is close to Moscow but has not voiced support for the invasion of Ukraine, which has made Russia's allies in the former Soviet Union nervous....

Igor Altushkin is the principal financial backer of the Urals Battalion, sources said....

Italian media reported that Uss was likely aided in his escape by Russia's secret services....

The announcement follows Putin's recent decision to deploy tactical weapons on its ally's territory....

Finland became the 31st member of the U.S.-led military alliance after a strategic shift triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Meanwhile, a report based on unidentified sources suggested that the main suspect's actions had been supervised by a Kyiv-based "activist."...

Gleb Karakulov is the highest-ranking member of Russia's special services known to have defected in the country's modern history....

The Russian resort town of Sochi has some of the highest luxury housing prices in the world, a new study shows....

The FSB alleges that Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was involved in the collection of "secret information" about a Russian defense company....

Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service has reportedly offered defense conglomerate Rostec the use of inmate labor....

In some cases, relatives have located their captured loved ones on their own or with the help of Ukrainian social media groups....

An event firm owned by the daughter of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov grew its revenue by 70 times in 2022....

The case is the first time strict war censorship laws have been used in Russia's second city since their introduction last year....

Russian authorities opened an investigation into Tolokonnikova for "insulting the religious feelings of believers" earlier this year....

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi arrived at Europe's largest nuclear power plant Wednesday....

Tatarintsev said that Sweden would be "taking a step towards the abyss" by joining the Western alliance....

The demand for Mandarin classes in Russia has surged as Moscow grows ever closer to Beijing....

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov predicted a long-lasting hybrid war against Russia's Western adversaries Wednesday....

Top global agricultural trader Cargill is to end its exports of Russian grain this summer while maintaining its other operations....

According to a U.S. indictment, Brazilian Viktor Ferreira was a Russian spy under deep cover....

Verzilov is accused of spreading "fake news" for two social media posts about the atrocities in Bucha....

The Ukrainian President's surprise trip to the partially occupied region is just one of several such visits over the past week....

A leaked phone conversation critical of Putin continued to send shockwaves through Russia's elites on Monday....

Yefremov, a town of 37,000 people in Russia's Tula region, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons....

Russian plans to station nuclear arms in Belarus will go ahead despite a Western backlash, the Kremlin said Monday....

The head of a far-right military unit fighting on the side of Ukraine has been placed on Russia's wanted list....

State Duma deputies visiting occupied Ukraine on official business will not have to submit tax returns this year....

"There is nothing unusual here either: the United States has been doing this for decades," Putin said Saturday....