Elections to the Moscow City Duma are usually low-key affairs but Sunday’s vote grew in prominence. Continue reading →

Berlin prosecutors have released little about Friday’s killing, except to say the 40-year-old victim was shot by a cyclist, who was captured shortly afterward and identified as a 48-year-old Russian man. Continue reading →

Norway’s nuclear safety authority is analyzing tiny amounts of radioactive iodine detected in the air in northern Norway in the days after a deadly explosion during a rocket engine test over the border in Russia. Continue reading →

Experts suspect the radiation release resulted from a mishap during the testing of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. Continue reading →

The 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was negotiated by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Continue reading →

The Russian military on Wednesday joined efforts to fight forest fires that have engulfed nearly 30,000 square kilometers of territory in Siberia and the Russian Far East. Continue reading →

There was no official word either on whether the vessel had a nuclear reactor, despite intense interest from authorities in neighboring Norway. Continue reading →

Since the Cold War, the INF Treaty has been a pivotal part of arms control and global security. Now, both the U.S. and Russia say they’re out. Continue reading →

The United States is set to pull out of the treaty, citing Russia’s development of a missile that breaks the accord. Continue reading →

Russian President Vladimir Putin fired a new broadside against western liberalism on Saturday, saying that policies such as welcoming migrants have hurt people’s interests. Continue reading →