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Empire building has always come at an economic cost for Russia – from the days of the czars to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 months agoThe Russian economy: A Potemkin village? Getty ImagesPresident Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...
Why is there a monument to a Nazi collaborator in suburban New York?
Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Tuesday, Russia celebrated Victory Day, the annual national holiday that marks the Soviet Union’s...
Russia forced to move air defences from Kaliningrad to Ukraine frontline amid heavy losses
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoRussia has likely been forced to move several air defence systems from its Kaliningrad enclave on...
Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin’s troops abandon positions in Bakhmut amid Kyiv’s counterattack
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoA Russian brigade has abandoned its position on a bridge in Bakhmut, allowing Ukrainian forces to...
As Russia teetered, the elite trembled, and some private jets left
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoMOSCOW (Reuters) -As one of the most brutal mercenary forces marched on Moscow, some among Russia's...
Explainer-Blood, treasure and chaos: the cost of Russia's war in Ukraine
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoRussia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown...
Russia Ukraine news - live: Zelensky visits frontline as Putin says fighting ‘extremely difficult’
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoUkraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to the frontline in the the...
As a fifth term for Vladimir Putin looms, Russia is stepping up its war on its own people
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoPowerful dissident voices are becoming a rarity in Russia, where opponents to President Putin and...
A century after Lenin's death, the USSR's founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoNot long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and...
The ultimate short guide on living (and surviving) under Putin
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoLeave, and if you haven’t yet, make plans to do so. In Russia, all of the previously eroded freedoms...