Ilya Repin was one of the greatest Realist painters of the Russian Empire. Born in present-day Ukraine, he traveled extensively, observing people and personalities. Although he was mostly known as a ...

Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly but ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone with Taisia Leonova, a girl from the Moscow region, as part of a nationwide charity ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the signing of a strategic partnership treaty involving closer defense ...

At a joint news conference with Pezeshkian in Moscow on Friday, Putin praised the deal as a “real breakthrough creating conditions for the stable and sustainable development of Russia ...

Robert Fico’s recent trip to Moscow is backfiring in the very theater it was supposed to score him points — back home. The Russia-friendly Slovak leader is facing the most serious threat to his rule ...

Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria will receive gas from Russia as "humanitarian aid," but the rest of the country will remain cut off from Moscow's supply, the Kremlin-backed separatist ...

Moscow's possible involvement in the plane crash could damage Russia-Azerbaijan relations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks in Moscow on January 14. Lavrov spoke about the ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

The US president-elect's comments coincide with Nato chief Mark Rutte‘s warning that Kyiv is not ready to enter peace talks with Moscow. Mr Rutte has urged allies to solidify Ukraine’s ...