Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a demographic crisis and labor shortage, fueled by military casualties, emigration, and a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture ...

Moscow is pursuing a policy of forced Russification and militarization in occupied territories, aiming to turn the local ...

Few noticed when city authorities in the Kazakh capital, Astana, quietly replaced a memorial plaque honoring the victims of ...

She worked at Russia’s central bank until early 2022. To sustain its war against Ukraine, Russia militarized its economy. Although—contrary to popular belief abroad—the Russian economy is not on a ...

Heat waves, extreme drought and deadly wildfire smoke are just some of the climate-related health hazards that have reached ...

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The flags of Moldova and the EU are seen on government building in Chisinau on September 26, 2025, before parliamentary elections [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP] On September 28, the governing pro-European ...

Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported ...

Afghanistan has long been described as the graveyard of empires but that phrase, repeated with ritual reverence, conceals ...

In Russia, love, sex and family are personal matters. But increasingly, they are also political ones: Putin himself is a vocal proponent of patriarchy and large families. This is especially ...

Moscow has long claimed that it must protect Donbas because many of its residents speak Russian. However, according to ...