For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture ...

When Oleg Rostovtsev hovered between life and death after a serious operation last April, he asked friends and family to do something that, until recently, had been impossible — to pray for him by ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to have direct peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.

Recent allegations made by Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Hamianin appear to be nothing more than a swan song orchestrated by his ...

The BBC strongly rejects the decision by the Russian authorities to designate Ilya Abishev and Elizaveta Fokht as “foreign agents”. BBC News Russian journalists have been singled out, following ...

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Fluency in more than one language has its professional and cultural perks. When you study at the best language schools, you ...

Mr. Nobody Against Putin,' which is premiering at Sundance, is a documentary following one Russian teacher's efforts to ...

Dmitry Kiselyov rose through the aftershocks of the Cold War and emerged as Vladimir Putin’s propagandist-in-chief ...

Riga (AFP) – In Riga Russian Theatre's rehearsal room, actors gather for a table-read of the season's big premiere, "Lady Macbeth" -- but the play's poster will not crop up around the Latvian ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the methods and objectives of these campaigns differ from region to region and how ...

Ukrainian journalist and activist Maxym Butkevych, who spent more than two years in a Russian prison in an occupied Ukrainian town, described how he was deprived of fresh air and sunlight ...