Ukraine continues to press forward in its major counteroffensive against Russia, recapturing villages and towns along the way. 

Two appropriate birthday "presents" for Russia's authoritarian-in-chief.

After a five-day referendum, Putin signs a decree integrating Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk into Russia.

...It isn't hard to do... if you are Yandex. The Russian company that runs YandexMaps has stopped showing all boundaries for states and oblasts – all over the world.

A round-up of some stark facts about Russia's War on Ukraine, and how it is changing the face of Russia.

Patriarch Kirill says that Russians can fast-track their way to heaven by fighting in Ukraine.

Russians with questions about Putin's recent mobilization against Ukraine can dial 112 for more information.

A critical natural gas pipeline between Russia and Europe has started leaking... suspiciously.

Protests erupted across Russia after Putin announces mobilization.

"We are a soldier country, a soldier nation. We will fight, it's not our first time, and so on... I feel that a rather gloomy period is ahead."

– Alexei Levinson, Levada

After negotiations, Russia agreed to release 10 foreign prisoners captured during the fighting in Ukraine.

The iconic and wacky Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod turns 160 this month.