25 YEARS LATER: 7 SHOCKWAVES FROM BREAKUP OF SOVIET UNION

The Soviet Union broke up without a civil war, thank God, says Yevgeny Roizman, 54, a historian and mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's third-largest city, which borders Siberia... READ MORE›

AFTER ONE OF ITS WORST EVER TERROR ATTACKS, TURKEY IS CENSORING MEDIA AND TWITTER

The Turkish government has censored news coverage of the terror attack in Ankara as Twitter and other social media sites went down across the country... READ MORE›

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE MISS THE SOVIET UNION?

Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Union's dissolution at the end of the year... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC BATTALIONS STOCKED WITH CHECHENS AID UKRAINE IN WAR WITH REBELS

In Ukraine, the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh Mansur units are mostly Chechen, but they include Muslims from other former Soviet areas, such as Uzbeks and Balkars... READ MORE›

NATO WARNS RUSSIA AFTER WARPLANE ENTERS TURKISH AIRSPACE

But Russia, which began its air campaign in Syria last Monday, showed no sign that it was backing down... READ MORE›

IN 1983 WAR SCARE, SOVIET LEADERSHIP FEARED NUCLEAR SURPRISE ATTACK BY U.S.

In 1983 we may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger the review concluded... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'

Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE›

IRAN TROOPS TO JOIN SYRIA WAR, RUSSIA BOMBS GROUP TRAINED BY CIA

At the United Nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference Moscow was targeting Islamic State... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS IN PUTINS SYRIA INTERVENTION FEAR OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT HAND

That belief is widely shared in Russia, and is one reason for Mr. Putin's genuine popularity at home... READ MORE›

'WE LAUNCH SYRIA AIR STRIKES IN ONE HOUR. STAY OUT OF THE WAY'

Vladimir putin orders airforce into action over syria in first russian war in middle east since end of soviet union... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SENDS IN SPETSNAZ SPECIAL FORCES TO PROP UP ASSAD

It also warned against violating Turkey's airspace, saying in a statement after the meeting that the allies 'note the extreme danger of such irresponsible behaviour.'... READ MORE›

CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS

Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN VOWS THAT UNITED STATES 'WILL NEVER SUBJUGATE RUSSIA'

Before his speech on Tuesday, the Russian leader was shown a new military vehicle described as a cross between a car and an armoured personnel carrier... READ MORE›

RUSSIA-BACKED SYRIAN TROOPS MOUNT MAJOR OFFENSIVE

The Islamic State group has strongholds in Raqqa and Aleppo, while the Nusra Front has a strong presence in Idlib... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS WEST IS PROVOKING RUSSIA INTO NEW COLD WAR AS SPIES DEPORTED

Photograph Tass Barcroft Vladimir Putin has suggested to a German interviewer that the west is provoking Russia into a new cold war... READ MORE›

RUSSIA COMPLAINS OVER 'GAY BAR' ON PRESIDENT'S PLOT IN FINLAND

The archipelago lies between Finland and Sweden, but one uninhabited property is owned by the Russian presidency, having once been owned by a German-Finnish couple... READ MORE›

'NAZI GOLD TRAIN' FOUND IN POLAND COULD BELONG TO RUSSIA AS COMPENSATION FOR WW2

Nazi 'gold train' Treasure could be claimed by Russia as compensation for Second World War... READ MORE›

NATO WARNS RUSSIA OVER AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS AS SYRIA AIRSTRIKES WIDEN

He called the Free Syrian Army a phantom group, adding that nothing is known about it... READ MORE›

WHY RUSSIA IS IN SYRIA

Russian President Vladimir Putin right and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin on Dec... READ MORE›

RUSSIA MILITARYS ACTIONS IN SYRIA CAUSE RIFT WITH TURKEY

The new tensions between Russia and Turkey over Syria have highlighted a deeply complex relationship between the two countries... READ MORE›

SOVIET LEADER GORBACHEV SAYS A NEW UNION COULD RISE AGAIN

Gorbachev may well have a rose-tinted view of the Soviet Union, but many in Russia feel the same... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY LAUNCHES 'LENIN SELFIE' PROJECT

With so many statues scattering the country, Russian youth have been taking pictures of Lenin long before the Communist party launched the hashtag... READ MORE›

US AND POLAND IN TALKS OVER WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE

An alliance summit in Wales last year agreed quick deployments of Nato forces in Poland and the Baltic states... READ MORE›

RUSSIA PREPARING AIR STRIKES ON ISIL IF US DOES NOT BACK DEAL TO KEEP ASSAD

Mr Putin is a staunch ally of Mr Assad and has supplied him with weapons and military advice throughout the four-year civil war... READ MORE›

AFTER A PROMISE TO KEEP IN TOUCH OBAMA AND MODI GET A HOTLINE

It proved to be an important mechanism for the United States and the Soviet Union to clarify their intentions to each other during the Cold War... READ MORE›

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER SHIRTFRONTS VLADIMIR PUTIN INSTEAD

But in three encounters with the Russian president in six days the Australian prime minister largely seems to have missed his chance... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S RUSSOPHOBIC HAWKS SHOULD BE CAST BACK TO SWINGING 60S IF WE WANT NEW EAST-WEST DETENTE

It's worth pointing out that at this time it wasn't just left-wingers like Wilson who supported improved relations with the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

SYRIA EXTENDS MAJOR OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE TERRITORY IN WEST

Sources in the region say Iran has sent hundreds of troops to back Syrian forces in a ground campaign coordinated with Russia's air assault... READ MORE›

Putin is under Satan's influence leader of Kiev Orthodox Church... READ MORE›