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

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

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 first day back at work.

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