Former Marine Robert Gilman receives additional two years in Russian prison after being found guilty of attacking guards, bringing total sentence to 10 years.

Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war.

Russia has blocked access to Snapchat, state-run news agency RIA reported on Thursday, citing the country's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor.

Sudan’s military government approved Russia’s first African naval base near Port Sudan in February. The port is a link between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean via the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which handles around 12 percent of global trade.

Developed by Canada's Neo Performance Materials, Europe's largest rare earths facility sits in Estonia's border city of Narva.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed without evidence that Russian forces have taken control of Ukrainian cities Pokrovsk and Vovchansk.

A new headache is emerging for House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Anastasia Potapova switches nationality from Russian to Austrian after her application for citizenship is accepted.

The Trump administration on Thursday authorized transactions with Lukoil retail gas stations outside of Russia, issuing a narrow waiver to sanctions the U.S. imposed in October for the role the company's revenues play in supporting Moscow's war in Ukraine.