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1 day ago · Russia is a highly urbanized country including 16 population centers with over a million inhabitants. Its capital as well as its largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city and its cultural capital. The East Slavs emerged as a recognised group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE.
6 hours ago · A specialist on Ukraine, Russia and the USSR, and on nationalism, revolutions, empires and theory, he is the author of 10 books of nonfiction, as well as “Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and ...
1 hour ago · China is acting on Russia's behalf and pushing other nations into skipping the upcoming Swiss-hosted "peace summit," as well as providing Moscow with military assistance, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky has claimed. Zelensky fired a rare diplomatic broadside at Beijing on Sunday while speaking during a ...
1 day ago · FRANKFURT — NATO's recent move to strengthen its eastern border is aimed at deterring Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, adding that it should be clear to Moscow that the alliance will be ready to defend itself if necessary. Speaking at the Eastern German Economic Forum also attended by Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida ...
1 day ago · He added that it must be clear to Moscow that the pact will be ready to defend itself if necessary. Speaking at the East German Economic Forum, which was also attended by Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite, Scholz said Germany was playing a leading role in NATO's presence in the Baltic republics bordering Russia, which dates back ...
1 hour ago · MOSCOW — Russia's defence ministry claimed on Sunday to have captured a tiny village in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where it has been on the offensive making territorial gains.Russian troops "have managed to liberate the village of Umanskoye in the popular republic of Donetsk", the ministry said in reference to the Ukrainian village of Umanske.Umanske is a tiny
1 day ago · MOSCOW: Fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries, local officials said.The regional governor said the fire was not caused by a Ukrainian ...
