A record number of industrial fires engulfed Russia in the past year, according to data from an open-source intelligence agency. There were 939 fires in Russia in 2023, compared to 416 in 2022, ...

In this video I talk about and show a few interesting maps of the Russian Federation. Russia has been on the news a lot lately, for bad reasons, and it's more important than ever to learn about it. I ...

In a move that marks both a dramatic reversal of history and a striking geopolitical realignment, Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, ...

Russia is bearing down on Ukrainian forces in the northeast of the country in an offensive that could herald territorial gains for Moscow, according to a new assessment. It is an ominous sign for a ...

As negotiators try to hammer out a partial ceasefire, NPR's Juana Summers talks to Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy about Russia's history of broken promises to Ukraine. Two days of negotiations in ...