Here's a look at Russia. The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-ninth of the earth's land area. One of the top producers of natural gas and oil in the world. The legislative body, the Federal Assembly, is made up ...

Conflict with Russia may be inevitable. Kiev’s strident threats to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine with force of arms, combined with Washington’s refusal to acknowledge that Moscow actually has legitimate national security interests in Eastern ...

Their roles remain deeply rooted in Russian folklore and remain central to winter celebrations. Russia’s winter holidays combine Orthodox faith, folklore, and centuries-old traditions that make the season distinct from Western Christmas celebrations.

President Donald Trump this week falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war that has cost tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives, causing outrage and alarm in a country that has spent nearly three years fighting back a much larger Russian military.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: High-ranking Russian military leaders are on the record saying that there is no way for their military to determine if an incoming ballistic missile is in fact fitted with a nuclear or conventional warhead. Last week ...

The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” in Georgia. They are officially part of Georgia, but have separate governments unrecognized by most countries. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are supported by Russia. During the ...

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister accused his British counterpart on Thursday of grandstanding and refusing to listen, at a rancorous encounter that highlighted the gulf between them over the Ukraine crisis. Sergei Lavrov told a joint ...

In “The West Needs an Arms Race” (op-ed, July 7), Yulia Latynina writes, “The West must build precision weapons that can take out Russia’s nuclear silos—and let Mr. Putin know that they aren’t afraid to use them.” But there’s good reason to ...