The crowd joined street musicians on the city’s Nevsky Prospect thoroughfare to sing “Cooperative Swan Lake,” which was outlawed in May 2025 when a St. Petersburg court labeled it “extremist”.

Domestic theatre: For Putin, confronting the West plays well at home. As Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security ...

At a recent gathering of exiled Russians in eastern Paris the hall was packed. "Every flight I take must be approved by my ...

In a country where power is highly centralized, Moscow sets the tone for Vladivostok, 4,000 miles away, complicating longstanding ambitions to make it a trading powerhouse.

Vice President JD Vance says Russia needs to "wake up" and come to the negotiating table with Ukraine, echoing President Donald Trump's shift in tone on the full-scale war. Vance's Sept. 28 comments ...

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The Moscow Police Department is investigating a fight on the University of Idaho campus that left one man with serious injuries. While investigators are trying to determine what ...

MOSCOW, 25 September (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali on the sidelines of the the World Atomic Week forum in Moscow on 25 September, ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian resellers unveiled Apple's new iPhone 17 in stores on Saturday, as major retailer Restore: reported a sharp rise in pre-ordering this year. Strong demand for Apple ...

As US’s NATO allies in Europe are feeling the pressure from Moscow, putting them on edge in an already-febrile atmosphere with Russian drones entering Poland’s airspace, Russia and its main ally ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rebuffed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation for a summit in Moscow, saying Friday that the Kremlin leader “can come to” Kyiv instead. “He can come to ...