The museum had preserved the history of brutality inflicted by the Soviet Union on its people. It will now focus on Nazi war crimes.

Nearly four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory. Many of the estimated 3 million to 5 million people who remain in regions under Moscow’s control face ...

Even now, safely in her new home of Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can’t purge the terrifying memory of living under Russian ...

Restaurants and cafes are closing down in Russia at the fastest pace since the start of the war in Ukraine four years ago as consumption stalls even in affluent Moscow.

Mourners in Moscow have marked two years since Russian opposition leder Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison, as a new ...

The messaging platform WhatsApp says Russia has "attempted to fully block" its service inside the country, "to drive people ...

The sister of Tymur Mindich, a businessman and former close associate of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who is wanted by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), has lived for ...

Julia Loktev's documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the Kremlin in Moscow. Yuri ...

Ukraine's president criticised his European allies at Davos for their slow response to Russia's all-out invasion, as US negotiators met with Putin in Moscow to seek a peace deal. US negotiators led by ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

every day of 2026 so far, according to data published by Russia’s Defence Ministry, in what appeared to mark an escalation from earlier, more sporadic attacks on the Russian capital. By midnight on ...