The current occupant of the Kremlin uses the example of the first emperor to justify his policy: "Just like him, today we ...

Finland, Warsaw, the Baltic countries, and Moldova "should be returned to the Russian Empire," stated Vladimir Solovyov, a ...

Elon Musk, who is doing much of the crushing, has said that he thinks about the fate of the Roman empire every day and ...

Keller Professor of International Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) to ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] crucified a little boy wearing nothing but his underwear.” It sounds ...

But in reality, all is not well as Russia enters the new year. In using hard power, Putin has lost soft power. By trying to rebuild the Russian empire, he is losing Russian influence over its former ...

THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward and obvious application is to the architects of the unprovoked, unjust, and ...

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into Europe.

Patriarch Kirill is speeding up procedures to achieve the canonisation of the most victorious commander in Russian history by ...

As Russia's war of aggression continues to devastate cities ... in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts — more than 60% according to a ...

Russia is not a country forged by shared values ... Academics have sidestepped the blood-soaked legacy of the Russian Empire, and we seem to struggle with granting agency to 40 million Ukrainians ...