Washington-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have largely boiled down to a diamond-shaped peninsula about the size of Massachusetts.

From the early days of Kievan Rus to the modern Russian Federation, this narrative traces the nation’s transformation into a global power. The foundation of Russian statehood traces back to the ...

Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and ...

Donald Trump claimed this week that he was close to a deal with both Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to settle the war in Ukraine. But a deal remains ...

In Kyiv, archaeologists found a ceramic Easter egg from the time of Kievan Rus (the old name for the country before Russia and Ukraine even existed) decorated with an ornament resembling a spiderweb.