Sanctions brought on by Putin’s war in Ukraine are taking a bite out of Russia’s New Year's salad
With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin ...
Follow New Year celebrations around the world
When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as ...
As Putin reaches 25 years in power, has he 'taken care of Russia'?
That's because President Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has had devastating consequences. Primarily for Ukraine, ...
Commodity Roundup: Oil rises to start new year, Russian gas exports to EU via Ukraine halted
Oil prices edged up on Thursday after a holiday-thinned trading session driven by demand optimism in China, the world's ...
US citizen imprisoned in Russia given new 15-year sentence in wake of espionage conviction
A Russian-born U.S. citizen who was already behind bars in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a new 15-year sentence for espionage.
Russia’s war economy spirals out of control as 2025 brings looming stagnation
Russia’s focus on armaments is draining its industrial base, straining companies vital to the economy. As the war in Ukraine ...
Russian students can now get cash payments for having babies as Kremlin struggles with birth rate at ‘catastrophic’ lows
Female college students in some Russian regions can get 100,000 rubles, or about $900 at current exchange rates, for having a ...
Putin tells Russia 'everything will be fine' amid the nation's military and economic struggles
Putin called 2025 the "year of the Defender of the Motherland" in his New Year's Eve address on Tuesday.