Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws ...

Of course, the US is not Russia – and, despite legitimate criticisms about how US democracy works, the US is a genuine democracy. It would be extremely difficult for Trump to achieve an ...

20, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, front left, and US President-elect ...

Years on, the stakes could not be higher for Ukraine. Kyiv enters 2025 on the backfoot in its war against Russia, with Ukrainian forces struggling to hold back Russian advances in the east ...

A longtime critic of Russia's destabilizing hybrid warfare activities, he said that Moscow's ambition has grown, and its approach has become increasingly more aggressive. The uptick in gray-zone ...

27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone with Taisia Leonova, a girl from the Moscow region, as part of a nationwide charity ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — More than 19,000 people were briefly without power Friday night in St. Petersburg. Duke Energy's power outage map showed about 10,000 customers without power in Downtown St.

Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 from the Londoners and had previously ...

The treaty was the latest Russia has signed with a country that is engaged in a conflict with Western states since Moscow invaded Ukraine almost three years ago, and represents an effort to ...