After facing a string of setbacks nearly a year into its war on Ukraine, Russia is planning another major offensive to make up for its losses on the ground and justify its heavy human cost at home.

Argument: The World Economy No Longer Needs Russia The World Economy No Longer Needs Russia... | View Comments () For much of the past year, and since his invasion of Ukraine last February ...

Russia appears to be hinting that another mobilization round might be coming in an effort by the Kremlin to meet its war demands in Ukraine. State Duma Deputy Viktor Sobolev announced on Friday ...

In fact, the war started because the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria unilaterally declared independence from Russia in 1993 and, fearing a domino effect and the country’s disintegration ...

Russia as we currently know it may not survive the coming decade and risks becoming a failed state as it pursues its costly war in Ukraine, according to a survey of global strategists and analysts.

I'm Steve Gutterman, the editor of RFE/RL's Russia/Ukraine/Belarus Desk. Welcome to The Week In Russia, in which I dissect the key developments in Russian politics and society over the previous ...

Russia on Wednesday blamed its soldiers’ own use of their cell phones for Ukrainians launching a New Year’s Day attack on a temporary Russian barracks outside of Donetsk. The Russian Ministry ...

I'm Steve Gutterman, the editor of RFE/RL's Russia/Ukraine/Belarus Desk. Welcome to The Week In Russia, in which I dissect the key developments in Russian politics and society over the previous ...

Shortly after this attack on a residential multi-story building, European Union spokesman Peter Stano said Russia’s increasing targeting of civilians in their homes was a “sign of escalation ...

Russia - the largest country on earth - emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to seek to reassert itself as a world power. Income from vast natural resources, above all ...

Third of the Lada class of diesel-electric submarines, Velikiye Luki’s launching ceremony took place late last month, while Russia held its keel-laying ceremony all the way back in 2015.

It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Kremlin’s forces since the war began more than 10 months ago and an embarrassment that stirred renewed criticism inside Russia of the way the war is being ...