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In 1855, Robert Sears’ guide to the Russian Empire declared, “There is perhaps no town in the world in which so many different tongues may be heard as in the streets and coffeehouses of Odessa ...
Russian strikes continue to target Ukrainian cities at high intensity causing significant damage to property and infrastructure.
Trump said after a call last week with Putin that he was unhappy with Russia’s president and “I don’t think he’s looking to ...
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served in George W. Bush's administration, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Russian President Vladimir Putin "feels that he has a ...
"Don’t forget your heritage," Pope Francis urged an audience of young Russian Catholics on Friday, in comments that sparked anger in Kyiv and delight from the Kremlin.
It is only Ukrainian resilience and true fighting grit that has stood in the way of Putin’s efforts to dominate the lands between his country and the Black Sea.
In the latest move to get distance itself from Russian dominance, Kazakhstan has renamed a town in the region around Astana, the capital, after Kenesary Khan, who led the largest uprising against ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is among several institutions quietly reclassifying some of its paintings. For one Ukrainian woman, these changes are a vindication.
Pope Francis has come under fire after he encouraged Russian youths not to give up their “legacy” as heirs of a “great, enlightened Russian empire.” “Never give up this legacy, you are the heirs of ...
With hindsight, we can see that the decline of the Russian empire has been one of the great drivers of European history over the past 40 years.