Soviet Union

If momentum matters in diplomacy, then Russia will enter this week’s high-stakes security talks with a distinct advantage over its western interlocuto(...)

Kazakhstan’s authorities said on Sunday the situation was stabilising after the worst political unrest in 30 years of independence, and that troops fr(...)

For years, Nursultan Nazarbayev has been used to performative adoration from the citizens of Kazakhstan. The country’s leader for nearly three decades(...)

Russian troops have started arriving in Kazakhstan on a mission to stabilise the Central Asian state amid an unprecedented wave of anti-government pro(...)

US president Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that upcoming(...)

Russia’s supreme court has ordered the closure of the country’s oldest and best-known civil society group, Memorial, amid a fierce crackdown on critic(...)

Newly installed German chancellor Olaf Scholz headed to his first summit in Brussels bearing the Russian baggage of his two predecessors. Barely a we(...)

President of the United States Joe Biden has phoned the leaders of Ukraine and nine eastern European Nato states promising support if Russia attacks U(...)

On a guided tour of Dublin Port recently, we stopped to admire a statue called The Mariner, by John Behan. Made from distressed metal, it depicts a we(...)

The US military’s top officer has confirmed that China recently tested an advanced hypersonic weapon, calling it a “very significant” development to w(...)