A Russian lawmaker who regulates the country's IT said WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, warning it would likely be put on a list of restricted software.

Medvedev did not list specific countries that might pitch in and support Iran. However, Russia historically has backed Iran's nuclear program. Russian President Vladimir Putin also offered to mediate ...

US President Donald Trump is trying again to end the war in Ukraine – not by targeting Russia, but by hitting the countries that buy Russia’s oil.

PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Residents in most of countries once part of the Soviet Union say the breakup more likely hurt their countries, not benefited them, a Gallup poll indicated.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Abramowitz of Freedom House about the state of democracy in 29 formerly communist nations of Central Europe and Central Asia following Russia's war on Ukraine.

When Ukraine gained independence after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, its declaration of sovereignty included a commitment to both neutrality and nuclear disarmament (the country having ...