"I wish I could be as brave as them," says Pavel Talankin, a school videographer in the industrial town of Karabash, speaking of Russians who protested the invasion of Ukraine in its first days. "But

After attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2015, Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, reported back to Epstein that he’d met with several Russian officials, including Lavrov; the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina; and several other heads of Russian banks.

"Mr. Nobody Against Putin," a film made secretly by a teacher in Russia, shows the propaganda efforts in a country at war. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, life has changed in Russia - everything from what Russians can ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron for publicly saying he intended to call Russian leader Vladimir Putin without actually doing so, describing it as

Europe could be facing a period of prolonged tensions with Russia reminiscent of the Cold War, and should speak to Moscow with "one voice" to get its interests heard, Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky told AFP on Friday.

Russia is selling a story of inevitable victory and future profit. The facts tell a different story—of strain, attrition, and vulnerability.