Ukraine marks 81 years since the Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars as Russia’s occupation deepens repression. But a legacy ...

On May 18, 1944, at six in the morning, the USSR began the deportation of Crimean Tatars from their native peninsula. People ...

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5' review: director Raoul Peck shows how we're living in Orwellian times, where Trump and other autocrats ...

In the Kursk region, an American porn actor was recognized as a hero of the Battle of Kursk. Seven portraits of Billy ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, formally handed over power ...

Amid much pomp, military machinery, and the threat of Ukrainian drone strikes, Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered his annual speech to mark his country's Victory Day parade. The Kremlin's ...

Russian servicemen stand in formation in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, ...

Victory Day is one of the country’s biggest secular holidays, commemorating the 27 million Russians lost in the war.

The Russians have set up a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the occupied city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, ...

As the country marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, look back at our unique blog to relive the key events and images from ...