The town of Volosovo, near St Petersburg, is booming. Not the economy – it’s the loudspeakers. Like many towns in Russia, Volosovo...
Britain, France, Germany and the US have stressed the need to ensure the safety of nuclear installations threatened by the conflict in...
Russia has rejected appeals for a complete demilitarisation of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. The move would...
A new coffee chain is taking over Starbucks outlets in Russia after the US company pulled out over the invasion of Ukraine....
Powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern Europe, killing at least 12 people including three children. The deaths, most from...
China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin both plan to attend the Group of 20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian president...
For weeks Ukraine’s armed forces have been talking of launching a counter-offensive in the south, and now a senior military officer has...
It is relatively unusual in Ukraine for a government official to invite you on a short-notice trip. It turns out it is...
Russia blamed sabotage for explosions at one of its military bases in Moscow-annexed Crimea while Kyiv hinted it was responsible as Ukrainian...
Estonia has decided to remove Soviet-era war monuments from public places. The move is aimed at preventing them “from mobilising more hostility...