Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes ...

A Russian strike killed four people in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, city officials said on Saturday, in what the country's ...

Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value. But in Indonesia, miners who risk their lives to dig it up barely make ...

The five-year gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine ended in the early hours of 1 January. The move was expected after Kyiv repeatedly said it would not extend the agreement amid the ongoing ...

And why didn’t it cut off Russia’s natural gas earlier? By Marc Santora Andrew Higgins and Stanley Reed Marc Santora reported from Kyiv, Ukraine; Andrew Higgins from Warsaw; and Stanley Reed ...

Infantry fighting vehicles have proven a vital asset in Ukraine's arsenal, serving as the backbone of its mechanized forces in the war against Russia. Ukraine's IFVs offer troops the protection ...

When Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, resigned on New Year’s Eve in 1999, he publicly implored Vladimir Putin, his handpicked but little-known successor ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Add to the tension that Putin’s Russia has been engaged in a covert war against Ukraine since 2014, which he had turned into a full-scale ...

By Anatoly Kurmanaev Reporting from Berlin The leader of Azerbaijan directly blamed Russia on Sunday for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet last week, calling on Moscow to accept ...

Pokrovsk is of a different category. Its capture would signify the most important military achievement for Russia since the start of the trench warfare in eastern Ukraine. If Russian troops manage to ...