Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat ...

‘Ukraine’s future is our future’: Europe’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ vows to increase economic pressure on Russia

European leaders vowed to work in coordination to ratchet up the pressure on Russia as the so-called “coalition of the ...

Russia’s Central Bank Cuts Key Rate as New Sanctions Loom

The cut comes as an already slowing economy braces for the impact of fresh sanctions in response to President Vladimir ...

U.K. judge sentences 5 men for roles in Russia-linked arson attack in London

British prosecutors said that the arson — organized on behalf of the Wagner paramilitary group — was intimately connected to ...

US sanctions Russia’s two largest oil companies and calls on Moscow to agree to immediate ceasefire

The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies as it called on Moscow to agree ...

Russia Using Shipwreck As Base for Underwater Espionage on NATO: Report

Russia may be using the wreck of a Baltic Sea ferry that sank in 1994 for espionage and military exercises, a new report says ...

EU levels more sanctions on Russia after U.S. move, shores up plans to defend against drones

The European Union has agreed on a new raft of sanctions against Russia targeting its shadow fleet of oil tankers and banning ...

A bad week for Hungary’s strongman leader as Trump-Putin summit scrapped and US sanctions Russia

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his ...