Tensions are escalating between Russia and Azerbaijan, an oil-rich Caspian Sea nation, driven by a series of contentious ...

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

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

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

Three Russian soldiers forcibly entered Vladyslav Rudenko’s home in October 2022. He was only 16. They had guns. “Pack up your clothes and personal items,” they said. He wasn’t allowed to ...

By Elisabeth Braw, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Trawlers are docked at a port in Murmansk, Russia, on Feb 21, 2006. Dario Thubrun/AFP via Getty Images ...

A nighttime Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed 15 and injured 131. The bombardment demolished a residential building, marking one of the deadliest strikes on the city in months.

A nighttime Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed 15 and injured 131. The bombardment demolished a residential building, marking one of the deadliest strikes on the city in months.

Russia pummels Ukraine's Kharkiv with drones, bombs, missiles A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people ...

Deadly Russian strikes condemned as 'savage' - as dozens more injured in Ukrainian city Amid stalling diplomatic efforts led by the US, back-and-forth strikes have continued between Ukraine and ...

Oil and gas, historically providing up to 40% of Russia’s federal budget revenues, have faltered dramatically, swelling Russia's fiscal deficit to $41 billion, or 1.7% of GDP, in the first four ...