In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from France as well as Poland, Germany, Italy and several other allied states. The campaign that followed ...

less than a decade after 1812, they put their differences aside and teamed up to counter-claim the territory. In the end, they won – mostly. Russia maintained a claim to a strip along the ...

It comes as the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW) reported gains by both sides in the main Ukrainian salient in Kursk, ...

Russian forces have recaptured territory in the region, but Kyiv is fighting back, a Washington think tank has said.

Mesyatsev Island was formed from Mesyatsev Cape around 1995 as water from a nearby glacier flowed toward the Arctic Ocean, ...

The thinking is, being split into smaller states would blunt Russia’s challenge to the West and its ability to carry on a war in Ukraine. As a scholar of Russian regional identity and history, I ...

Russian forces have made a fast advance into the eastern Ukrainian coal mining town of Selydove, according to Russian media ...

Ukrainian defence chiefs have accused Google of accidentally revealing the location of some of its key military positions to Russia. Kyiv claims that the latest Google Maps update is to blame for ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Russia's imports of goods from China increased sharply last month, a sign that Moscow is leaning more heavily on Beijing after the two ...

Russia has released new details on how it could move away from the dollar, part of a long-running effort to buoy trade amid Western sanctions. Earlier this month, Russia's Finance Ministry, its ...

The region is largely closed to independent reporters, and propaganda has dominated news coverage, as both Russia and Ukraine have reasons to play down the human toll. The map highlights the ...