As the war in Ukraine grows even more hellish, Witkoff has been locked in never-ending diplomatic purgatory with Putin’s apparatchiks—which is starting to drive the Russians crazy, too. “He is a very ...

Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.

Editor's note: The Kyiv residents quoted in the story asked to be identified only by their first names. Russian drones have filled the skies over Kyiv, striking at the city around the clock, making i...

Russia will cut funding for social programs, education, and healthcare in its 2027 budget compared with last year’s plan to help cover rising military spending, Reuters reported after reviewing…

Denis Shedov, Daniil Beilinson, and Eilish Hart on how the Kremlin used the State Duma election as a disciplinary tool

Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell in the new Gulag.

As discriminatory Russian policies permeate every aspect of residents’ lives here, many wonder what, if anything, Ukrainian will remain.

The depot, which was in a civilian area near Kyiv, “definitely shouldn’t have been there,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

American foreign policy is at a crossroads. Could international law provide a framework for a foreign policy after President Trump?

As Kyiv brings landmark charges of crimes against humanity with British help, lawyers trying to ensure a fair trial are condemned as collaborators

The move follows a wave of protests in response to the firing of the defense minister, who had clashed with the general over how to fight the war.

The alliance’s summer meeting, which became a yearly event after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has since devolved into an annual display of Trump-induced disunity. “It’s not productive. It risks being...

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 long-range drones during the attack, most of which targeted Kyiv.

Women sentenced to time behind bars is on the rise under Putin. While male convicts are being offered their freedom to fight on the front line against Ukraine, even mothers with underage children aren...

As Russia’s prison population shrinks due to wartime military recruitment, another trend is becoming increasingly visible: the growing number of women behind bars. Among them are mothers imprisoned fo...

"There was no agreement in Alaska. There was a proposal, but there was no agreement," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. "If there had been an agreement, we would have had an end to the war."

As Russia’s prison population shrinks due to wartime military recruitment, another trend is becoming increasingly visible: the growing number of women behind bars. Among them are mothers imprisoned fo...

Every year, Moscow's full-scale war against Ukraine spreads further into Russia itself: drone strikes are becoming more frequent, and are reaching ever more regions. Novaya Gazeta Europe has created a...

Overnight, Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones, destroying a historic film studio and a Ukrainian logistics hub in Kyiv.

Russian language has a rich vocabulary for describing life under tyranny. Like the plain-clothed ICE officers snatching people off the streets? In Russian, they would be called "silov...

Росфинмониторинг внес правозащитную организацию «ОВД-Инфо» в реестр «экстремистских и террористических организаций».

Since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the information space around the war has been obsessed with this deceptively simple question, and the constant new iterations of answers to...

For the first time this year, Mediazona and Meduza have updated our overall estimate of Russia’s losses in its war against Ukraine. Based on the Probate Registry, it puts the numbe...

Almost everything about Svetlana Lada-Rus, one of the most influential opposition figures in Russia, defies conventional expectations of who a worthy opponent of President Vladimir Putin should be.  M...

“We don't just oppose Putin anymore, we're at war with him,” Nadya Tolokonnikova told the Kyiv Independent during a meeting in Kyiv. “To me, (saying) anything less bold is insufficient to meet the mom...

Россия захватила обширные пространства украинской территории — части Донецкой, Луганской, Херсонской и Запорожской областей — и пообещала заняться их «восстановлением». Проекты, которые помогут аннекс...

Editor's note: The names of the people with relatives left in the Russian-occupied territories have been changed for security reasons. Communication between residents of Russian-occupied areas of Ukr...

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Parties are already gearing up for a confrontation once the results come in, with experts warning the outcome could be challenged in court no matter who wins.

A cache of messages and recordings offers rare insight into Moscow’s efforts to infiltrate opposition groups in Europe.

Szabolcs Panyi tells POLITICO that Budapest’s accusations are “meant to psychologically pressure me and shatter my credibility,” in the wake of his reporting on secret talks between Pét…

Сегодня после съезда РСПП Владимир Путин провел закрытую встречу с крупными бизнесменами. Содержание таких встреч обычно не раскрывается, а после начала войны