Reports of seabirds coated in black fuel oil, and the deaths of over 20 dolphins and porpoises are the result of a massive oil spill in Russia that occurred on December 15th in the Black Sea, when two ...

THE ROMANOVS—William Gerhardi—Putnam ($5). William Gerhardi, a polyglot Englishman who was born in Russia, has written novels, short stories, a play, a critical biography of Chekhov. He is perhaps ...

From poachers to politics, “Tigers Between Empires” details the 30-year-long international collaboration that set out to study and save Russia’s Siberian tigers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office, claiming a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election on 18 March. Election officials say he won a record 87% of ...