It was in judo class at the age of 12 that Putin met one of his lifelong friends: Arkady Rotenberg. The pair remained close, and in the cloak-and-dagger world of Russian politics, it would be old ...

President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey citing mistakes he allegedly made in the investigation into Hillary ...

The Chechen leader has made similar public statements in the past about stepping down, but has always remained in power.

Early Alans were nomadic horse lords who created elaborate equine decorations, including a tourmaline-studded bridle found at ...

The Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya is the subject of a film that honors her bravery.

Israeli national carrier El Al will restart flights to Moscow on May 1 after a four-month pause, according to the company's ...

Nathan Hodge is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. He was previously a Kabul-based correspondent, covering Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Journal.

Russian authorities say a senior Russian military officer has been killed in a car explosion near Moscow. Russia's Investigative Committee on Friday named the officer as Lieutenant General ...

Michael Gloss, an American citizen and the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Juliane Gallina Gloss, was killed in Ukraine while fighting in the Russian military last year, the ...

in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months. The Investigative Committee said that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in ...

MOSCOW, April 25 (Reuters) - A senior Russian military officer was killed on Friday after a car exploded in the town of Balashikha in the Moscow region, Russian news outlets Mash and Shot reported.

Chechen independence fighters shoot at Russian soldiers Jan. 5, 1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/AFP via Getty Images) After the ...