ASTANA – This November marks the 190th anniversary of Shokan Ualikhanov’s birth — a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, ...
Following the assassination of the Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and the failure of negotiations with the Serbs, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not hesitate to declare war on Serb ...
Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.
The town is the oldest in the country and was the capital for several hundred years, with wealthy merchants flocking to the ...
Location is everything. Kharkiv is just 40km (25 miles) from Russia, once a vital trading partner of Ukraine but now the country’s bitterest enemy. Lviv sits 70km from prosperous Poland, gateway to ...
Torbjörn Törnqvist has just struck one of the deals of his lifetime, pouncing on the overseas operations of Lukoil soon after the Russian oil producer was hit with U.S. sanctions.
In order to truly understand Ukraine, and particularly in wartime, it is necessary to look at the role of the extensive civil society that has emerged since the country's independence.
Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the ...
ANKARA, November 1. /TASS/. An Istanbul court has ruled to transfer ownership of a historic Bosphorus mansion to the descendants of a Russian Empire diplomat who purchased it in 1868, following a ...
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Why Russia’s Colonial Empire Failed

Russia once held ambitions to dominate parts of North America, stretching from Alaska down the Pacific coast. In this video ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country has successfully tested missiles propelled by nuclear power.
“H ISTORY TEACHES that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap,” argued President Ronald Reagan ...