President Putin is said to have invited a number of world leaders to the commemoration of the Soviet Union’s defeat of the ...

The Kremlin’s strategic tradecraft of blurring the line between fact and fiction has become one of its most potent tools in ...

Kasparov, the six-time world champion and Russian dissident, highlighted how Dvorkovich has repeatedly used chess diplomacy ...

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an ...

The Village Voice looks at "phantom utopias," lies told by today's despots to conjure memories of great autocratic times that never existed.

“You often need a martyr or someone very committed to act first,” Margaret Levi, a professor emerita of political science at ...

Victory Day marks the end of World War II in Europe when the Soviet army defeated Nazi Germany and captured Berlin. IMAGE: The flag of the Soviet Union being raised above the Reichstag.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Mannequin heads with colorful wigs on display at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, eastern China's Zhejiang province, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) 31,181 people ...

YIWU, China (AP) — Pins, magnets, wigs, flags, masks, hats, suitcases — even Christmas trees, lights and all sorts of Santa dolls. Name it and you’ll find it here at a market in this small ...

Renamed Arkhangelsk, the battleship would go on to serve under the Soviet flag, her steel hull bridging two wartime allies in a gesture as strategic as it was extraordinary. China shuts down trade ...