Russia-backed South Ossetia elects leader close to Moscow

By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A former Russian federal official has been elected president of South ...

UN Report Finds Widespread Sexual Violence In Ukraine War, Most Cases Tied To Russia

Of the 1,004 verified cases against civilians and prisoners of war, 89% were attributed to the Russian side, the report said.

Could more North Korean troops join Russia's war in Ukraine?

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Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war

Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine’s regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the ...

Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating Shifts Before Russia’s Duma Election

In May, Russia's state-controlled polling agency VTsIOM (Russian Public Opinion Research Center) changed its methodology ...

Finnish foreign ministry official details how Russia's 'hybrid warfare' reshaped border security

Finland built 124 miles of border fencing after Russia allegedly weaponized migration as hybrid warfare against the Nordic ...

'Monstrous words' and 'Russia to ramp up war'

The fallout from Earl Spencer's book about Princess Diana leads most papers on Saturday.