Sophie Pinkham’s “The Oak and the Larch” traces how Russian history and literature have shaped – and been shaped by – its deep forests.

By Farkhod Tolipov In mid-December 2025, several Russian state-controlled media outlets spread a rumour that Russia could ...

Russia has changed little over the past 400 years. Yes, Russians now drive cars instead of oxcarts, but from a political, cultural, military, and geopolitical standpoint, Russia and how it behaves has ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Friday for the signing of a broad pact between Moscow and Tehran. The Kremlin says the “comprehensive strategic ...

Military History of Russia, a new textbook introduced in Moscow on Jan. 27, frames the war in Ukraine as a continuation of the Soviet battle against Nazi Germany, portraying the invasion as a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in January at a hospital in Moscow to troops being treated for injuries from the Ukraine war. TALLINN, Estonia — Earlier this month, when Tucker Carlson asked ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Earlier this month, ...

Orlando Figes is a British historian who has taught at both Cambridge University and the University of London. His latest book, The Story Of Russia, describes how President Vladimir Putin has used the ...

“You don’t even exist!” Characters in Russian fiction are always insulting each other in this way. They call each other zeroes, nothings, nonentities. The hero of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground ...

WASHINGTON — As his White House meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart devolved into a stunning blowup, President Donald Trump leaned on a familiar refrain to explain his unique kinship with Russian ...