On 2, 2026, The Observer paid a courtesy visit to the Russian ambassador to Uganda, H.E Vladlen Semivolos, to discuss media ...

Moscow has turned to an unconventional source of manpower: prison colonies.

Ex-convict recruited by Russia’s Defense Ministry is detained in Yakutsk over a new suspected killing, The Insider reports; ...

United Aircraft is conducting ground-testing of the Ilyushin Il-114-300 at Yakutsk airport to assess operational capabilities ...

Boreal forests are continuing to shift northward as they warm due to climate change, satellite images taken over the last ...

Imagine a city where −50°C is normal winter weather. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −64.4°C. Where you can't wear metal-framed glasses outside because they'll freeze to your face and tear ...

After nearly four years, the grinding war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching a staggering battlefield toll: nearly half a million dead and 1½ million wounded or missing across both sides. The ...

When the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off in Milan Cortina in February, Russia will once again be on the outside looking in. Long considered a formidable powerhouse for figure skating, ice hockey and ...

An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of defeat ...

NATO chief Mark Rutte and other European leaders have issued repeated warnings in 2025 about a possible Russian attack on NATO countries in the coming years. Some experts doubt Russia’s capability or ...

Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war. By Neil ...