Peter the Great, The Tsar That Modernized Russia Posted: April 2, 2025 | Last updated: April 2, 2025 Czar Peter the Great of Russia casts a long shadow over history.

A ceasefire in Ukraine will dramatically increase the security threat to Baltic nations, as Russia will proceed with plans to re-arm and redeploy troops to Nato’s north-eastern flank ...

Russian troops in Kursk are close to reaching the Ukrainian border after recapturing a village four miles away, Moscow has claimed. Moscow’s defence ministry said its forces retook the village ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under scrutiny after reports surfaced that he might have opened an account with the Russian email service mail.ru. This comes as a new twist as the Signal chat ...

The small incursion targets the Belgorod region, according to Ukrainian officials, analysts of open-source intelligence and Russian military bloggers. The advance comes as cease-fire talks continue.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to put billionaire Vadim Moshkovich, founder of the country's top agriculture company Rusagro, in pre-trial detention on suspicion ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday did not rule out allowing Russian banks to rejoin the SWIFT international payment messaging system as negotiations continue on an end to the war in ...

But after being rebuffed by the US, Mr Putin set out to make Russia great again by force. Most of his military gambles paid off. In 2008, he invaded neighbouring Georgia, taking two large chunks ...

Following President Trump’s almost two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, the White House was upbeat about the conversation. One topic discussed was the ...

As a condition to restore the Black Sea Initiative, Russia has demanded that Rosselkhozbank ... If there is no such pressure, the EU sanctions regime is in great danger," said Maria Shagina ...

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of not being serious about peace talks as they traded blame for attacks on infrastructure. The renewed accusations on Wednesday came a day after the ...

BRUSSELS, March 26 (Reuters) - The withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine would be one of the main conditions to lift or amend EU sanctions, the European Commission said on Wednesday.