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Russia’s War Leadership Reset Signals Infighting Among Top Brass – Experts

General Valery Gerasimov’s appointment as the new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine raised questions over President Vladimir Putin’s intentions...

Leading Russian Environmental Group Closes After Being Deemed ‘Foreign Agent’

The Russian environmental group Movement 42, based in Russia’s Arctic Arkhangelsk region, announced that it was ceasing its activities on Wednesday...

military discipline

Russian Conscript Sentenced to 5-and-a-Half Years for Beating Officer

A conscript in the Russian army who pushed and swore at his superior officer on a parade ground in the Moscow region last year was sentenced to five-and-a-half...

‘hypocrisy and inhumanity’

Russian Officials Condemned for Wartime Vacation Posts

At least two regional officials in Russia have been condemned by the Russian public and the upper echelons of the ruling United Russia party after posting...

opinion Tatiana Stanovaya

Re-Election, Reshuffle and Warring Elites: Putin's Key Challenges in 2023

More than 10 months on from the invasion of Ukraine, the contrast between the scale of the external shocks faced by Russia and the relative inertia inside...

returning to earth

Russia to Send Capsule to Rescue ISS Crew After Meteorite Damage

Russia's space agency on Wednesday announced it would be sending a rescue capsule to evacuate the crew of the International Space Station after a meteorite...

forbidden literature

First Probe Opened Into Breach of Russia’s New ‘LGBT Propaganda’ Law

Russia’s Interior Ministry has opened its first investigation into a breach of the recently expanded law against so-called "LGBT propaganda," State...

Ukraine War: Zelensky Says Battle for Soledar Still Ongoing

Fate of eastern salt mine town still unclear

Ukraine trains troops near Belarus amid fears of new front

Russia raises conscription age to 30 for spring call-up

opinion Tatiana Stanovaya

Re-Election, Reshuffle and Warring Elites: Putin's Key Challenges in 2023

opinion Leonid Gozman

Once Unthinkable, Capitulation Could Still Be Russia's Saving Grace

opinion Kirill Krivosheev

Russian Peacekeepers Find Themselves Sidelined in Nagorno-Karabakh

opinion Temur Umarov

Russia and Central Asia: Never Closer or Drifting Apart?

opinion Philip Boobbyer

How Culture and Faith Might Help Russia Find its True Voice

opinion Alexandra Prokopenko

The Cost of War: Russia's Economy Faces a Decade of Regress

From Moscow to Chita: Russia's Winter Season in Photos

Razed to the Ground

In Photos: Mariupol's Russian Occupiers Begin the City's Reconstruction

cultural battleground

In Photos: The Ukrainian Cultural Sites Destroyed During Russia’s Invasion

2022 in Photos: How Putin's Ukraine Gamble Became a Quagmire

Choices Narrow in Russian Bookstores Amid Anti-LGBT Law, Wartime Restrictions

Ordinary Russians are unable to access an increasingly broad range of literature as bookshops and libraries pull titles from their shelves amid a wartime...

Seven Months On, Russia's Only Diplomat to Publicly Quit Over the Ukraine War Has Time on His Hands

Boris Bondarev, a former member of Russia's delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, now lives modestly in Switzerland with his wife and their kitten...

gradual decline

What Really Happened With Russia’s Economy in 2022?

While many analysts and observers expected the Russian economy to collapse under the weight of the Ukraine war and a flood of Western sanctions, the country...

2022's Top Eurasian Climate Stories in Review

The top climate stories of 2022: from the fallout of the Ukraine war to record temperatures in Central Asia.

7 Anti-War Street Artists Still Working Inside Russia

From the very first day of the invasion of Ukraine, anti-war art has spilled onto the streets and squares of Russian cities. And, despite detentions and...

crunching the numbers

Russia’s December Fiscal Deficit at Record-High – Bloomberg

Russia’s monthly fiscal deficit reached a record 3.9 trillion rubles in December amid the EU-imposed ban on seaborne crude oil exports and the increasing...

gradual decline

What Really Happened With Russia’s Economy in 2022?

While many analysts and observers expected the Russian economy to collapse under the weight of the Ukraine war and a flood of Western sanctions, the country...

Russian Defense Chief Says Military Factories Working ‘Around the Clock’

Factories in Russia producing military equipment are working nonstop and have withdrawn New Year holidays from employees, the head of state defense military...

declining volumes

Russian Gas Exports Outside Ex-Soviet States Fell 45.5% in 2022

Russian gas exports to countries outside a group of former Soviet republics plunged by 45.5% in 2022, figures from gas giant Gazprom showed Monday. Gazprom...

forbidden literature

First Probe Opened Into Breach of Russia’s New ‘LGBT Propaganda’ Law

Russia’s Interior Ministry has opened its first investigation into a breach of the recently expanded law against so-called "LGBT propaganda," State...

Choices Narrow in Russian Bookstores Amid Anti-LGBT Law, Wartime Restrictions

Ordinary Russians are unable to access an increasingly broad range of literature as bookshops and libraries pull titles from their shelves amid a wartime...

From Moscow to Chita: Russia's Winter Season in Photos

Though Russia's prolonged Christmas and New Year's holidays have come to an end, the winter season across the country is far from over.

A January cold...

outspoken remarks

Russia Threatens War Movie Star With Criminal Case Over Ukraine Criticism

An exiled Russian war movie star faces criminal charges over his criticism of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, authorities announced Monday...

Moscow Says 100K IT Specialists Have Left Russia This Year

Around 100,000 IT specialists have left Russia this year, an official said Tuesday, following the start of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine...

home away from home

Russian Emigres in Armenia Fuel Flourishing Food, Creative Scenes

YEREVAN, Armenia — Nearly every hand in the packed auditorium went up when the moderator asked who had arrived in this South Caucasus nation after...

Russians Who Fled Ukraine War Seek Armenian Citizenship as Conflict Drags On

YEREVAN, Armenia — A growing number of Russians who fled abroad because of the Ukraine war are seeking Armenian citizenship as the fighting drags...

influx from the north

Kyrgyzstan Sees Struggles, Opportunity in Russian Emigration Wave

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Russian entrepreneurs Yulia and Ilya Kuleshov worked hard to transform the large house they rented in the Kyrgyz capital into...