Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...

How much do their leaders believe in communism?” That was the first question Ronald Reagan asked Suzanne Massie, the recently ...

Western sanctions are weakening Moscow’s ties with former Soviet republics and hindering its economic expansion into the ...

With its arsenal depleted and its reputation battered in Ukraine, Russia must make hard choices to rebuild its military power ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A spoof Russian news report that China's DeepSeek AI app was based on a secret Soviet code has found its way onto state TV, reflecting nostalgia in Russian society for a lost age of ...

The U.S. Treasury Department recently intensified sanctions against entities in Russia’s defense sector to hold the country ...

Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged ...

Economic shock therapy: plans include privatizations and slashing public sector jobs Reforms designed to avoid chaos of post-Soviet free market reforms in Eastern Europe, minister says But ...

Still, Bergstø, the leader of the leftist party who was responsible for the “Wall of Shame”, has said it “gives her strength” ...

The EAEU was established as an explicitly non-political organization in a region plagued by geopolitical tensions. However, ...

Mr. Schmemann, a member of the editorial board, is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Times. It was March 1994, more than two years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the debates within ...