An unexpected law enforcement raid at the home of long-time journalist and rights activist Zoya Svetova raises fears of repression

New clashes erupt as Moscow and Kiev prepare for Donald Trump's uncertain foreign policy.

Few expected the "Normandy Format" meeting to happen. The fact it did is already a triumph

Early in the morning on Sept. 19, just as the first landslide results of Russia's parliamentary elections began to trickle in, the Kommersant newspaper...

Several thousand people left Russia to escape what they consider to be persecution — and, in many cases, prosecution. Up until now they had considered...

If there is anything the last two years should have taught us, it is that the unthinkable can happen — separatism, disintegration, even wars — and...

If there was any hope of a breakthrough in Russian-Ukrainian relations following the release of Nadiya Savchenko, it was dashed on the Ukrainian pilot's...

The driver's voice teeters between depression and aggression. "What kinduva life do yoo call this?!" he shouts. "Weerrall peepul, for sheeettin sake...