Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

A Russian man was jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of passing classified information to a representative of a U.S. intelligence agency, the TASS state news agency reported on Thursday.

A revealing, damning and fascinating diplomatic memorandum, sent in 1994 from the US embassy in Moscow to the State ...

Russian police have launched a criminal probe after a person — thought to be an employee of the British embassy — allegedly ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into an alleged assault on a freelance journalist by a person believed to be an employee of the British embassy, the Russian ...

Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel ...

Putin signalled last week that Moscow is prepared to engage with the US on talks on a range of issues. In an interview with state television, he suggested that if Mr Trump had been in power when ...

The Treasury in a statement said Washington was imposing fresh sanctions on almost 100 critical Russian entities - including Russian banks and companies operating in Russia's energy sector - that were ...