Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.

Moscow again struck Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, part of an effort to wear down the country. “In the trenches, there are no holidays,” one man said.

Russia's inflation has reached 9.5% this year, according to new weekly data showing that the consumer price index rose by 0.33% in the week leading up to Dec. 23, the statistical agency Rosstat reported on Wednesday.

Pope Francis has called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end the war triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In his traditional Christmas Day address, the Pope said "boldness [was] needed to open the door" to dialogue "in order to achieve a just and lasting peace" between the two sides.

A Russian court case involving a compensation claim against Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) will continue in the second half of January, judicial authorities and the lender said on Wednesday.

Gene Spector faced espionage charges in August 2023, filed by a Moscow court, though the specifics of the allegations remain undisclosed.

The strikes ignited fires at the Kadamovsky range, a crucial training site for Russian troops heading into Ukraine.

Russia's friends — or frenemies — aren't all pariah states. Some of them enjoy good relations with the West, too.

Russia is ready to continue gas exports to Europe through several routes just as a contract to transit the fuel via Ukraine is expected to end this year, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.

As permafrost melts, scientists are able to discover prehistoric animals such as mammoths like this one, bison,and dogs. The mammoth weighs 240 pounds, according to Reuters. The mammoth is one of seven mammoth carcasses found worldwide.

Zelensky warns of greater military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, including sending more troops and military equipment