Gagarin, better known as “Alex.” Gagarin got less jail time than he had requested for. Designated Senior District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday sentenced Gagarin to one year plus one day ...

Crimea was seized by Vladimir Putin during his first invasion of Ukraine in 2014, as he announced that the land grab was backed by its population - Sean Gallup/Getty Images ...

“My dream was to fly in space before I die,” Tito told Space.com. “And I basically came up with that lifelong goal around the time of Yuri Gagarin’s flight.” By early 2000, Tito had decided it was ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a crew portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. The accomplished astronaut has now accumulated 590 days in space over four missions, ranking third on ...

Who will Oleksandr Usyk fight next? The Simferopol, Ukraine native outclassed Tyson Fury by unanimous decision in a rematch last December. As all three judges scored the contest 116-112 ...

The native of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine vacated the latter belt ahead of Dubois’ fight against Anthony Joshua in September 2024. “I’m grateful to God for the opportunity to once again fight for the ...

The son of a deputy head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was killed "while fighting in the conflict in Ukraine" in 2024, a CIA spokesperson said on April 25, according to NBC News. Michael ...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged that Ukrainian forces would be unable to regain control over Crimea and said the US won’t have to commit troops as part of security guarantees in an apparent ...

Trump’s statements were criticized by Ukraine’s Crimean Tatar community, indigenous people of Crimea, who in February 2014 clashed with a covert Russian army in Simferopol during large protests, while ...

With an area of 27,000 sq km (10,000 sq miles), Crimea is slightly smaller than Belgium, with the city of Simferopol as its capital. The pre-war population was around 2 million. Ukraine's 2001 ...

With an area of 27,000 sq km (10,000 sq miles), Crimea is slightly smaller than Belgium, with the city of Simferopol as its capital. The pre-war population was around 2 million. Ukraine's 2001 ...

SBU drones hit a Russian ammunition depot near Perevalne in occupied Crimea, killing soldiers and causing massive explosions that forced closure of the Simferopol-Alushta highway. At the time, the US ...