Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

An investigation by RFE/RL’s Schemes has found that companies at least partially owned by the Chinese state are feeding critical minerals to Russian suppliers to manufacturers of weapons the Kremlin ...

The treaties with Iran and Belarus are different from the one Russia reached with North Korea, and there has been no attempt ...

Citigroup administered Heritage Trust and decided it didn’t need to block the trust’s assets after Suleyman Kerimov was ...

The new president’s lukewarm attitude toward the North Atlantic Treaty is a ‘European strategic wake-up call,’ France’s Macron warns.

Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher known for his eclectic blend of psychoanalysis, Marxism, and cultural critique, ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

Seeing that Russia may not stop at Ukraine, Warsaw has begun to ramp up its military spending. The balance of power is ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.