a scholar at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. A region watching and waiting Inside Chechnya, residents are watching developments with a mix of trepidation and relief. One 27-year-old woman in ...

The Russia-Azerbaijan tensions have reached a point where both countries are targeting each other's civilians.

Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and ...

ST. PETERSBURG – Russia's economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country's economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports. Economy Minister Maxim ...

Russia's economy is on the verge of sliding into recession and monetary policy decisions will now determine whether it falls into one or not, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov warned on Thursday.

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul. President Volodymyr ...

Zelensky calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly Kyiv missile strike By JUSTIN SPIKE and ILLIA NOVIKOV The Associated Press, Updated June 19, 2025, 5:58 a.m.