Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

At the start of 2024, only 340,000 scientists were working in Russia, the lowest figure since the dissolution of the USSR.

Explosions were reported on board an oil tanker believed to be used by Russia's "shadow fleet," docked in Ust-Luga in northwest Russia, near President Vladimir Putin 's home city of St. Petersburg.

Keller Professor of International Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) to ...

Two Russian colonels have plunged out of windows in the space of two days, while a musician fell to his death as his ...

Saint Petersburg, Russia - October 25, 2022 25 October 2022, Saint Petersburg, Russia St Petersburg University fired Associate Professor Denis Skopin due to participation in an anti-mobilization rally ...

Snowdrops bloom at the botanical gardens at Moscow State University in Moscow ... Men fish on melting ice not far from shore ...

Augustus C. Romain Jr. faced charges including racketeering, kidnapping and aggravated assault related to the Black Hammer ...

The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for ...

The declining health of Russia's economy is as clear as day — or night, a finance minister said Wednesday. Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials were ...

(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Face masks depicting US President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, hang among others for sale at a street souvenir shop in St.