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Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin's political nemesis, suspected he was being poisoned before he died in prison, his lawyer Olga Mikhailova has claimed.

The Tank Museum in Bovington's archives includes manuals, diagrams, and documents on repairing Soviet-era tanks used by Ukraine.

A video appears to show Russia is using vulnerable golf cart-style vehicles to transport its troops to attack Ukrainian positions, says report

A recent article argues a NATO surprise attack would launch missile barrages at vital facilities, a strategy that looks a lot like Russia's.

Russians are set for an election many see as a sham, and Putin's main rival lies in his grave, but the Kremlin says its democracy is "the best."

US officials say the $300-million Amadea is owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a sanctioned Russian billionaire. Dry-docking fees alone cost $178,000 a month.

Russia — an energy giant — has managed to circumvent Western sanctions, most recently by activating a price-floor mechanism.

Ukraine said it sank the Sergei Kotov patrol vessel in another blow to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, despite Ukraine not having a navy of its own.

Steven Moore, a Capitol Hill veteran, says he is now "doing the right thing" in helping Ukraine's war effort.

NATO's naval power may not be much help if Russian tanks invade the Baltic States. But it could still be effective at keeping Russia from invading.

Outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian soldiers told The Washington Post how they narrowly escaped death as Russian forces descended on Avdiivka.

German officials can be heard discussing how they could deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine and how many it would take to destroy the Kerch Bridge.

Russia's finance ministry is in talks with China about yuan loans, but a decision has been long in the making amid tightening Western sanctions.

The CIA provided Ukraine with intelligence-gathering training, communications gear, and a network of spy bases along the Russian border, NYT reports.

The string of suspicious deaths — Alexey Navalny and the Russian pilot who defected with a Mi-8 helicopter — show power and weakness.

Chinese banks are tightening compliance checks with Russian businesses as they fear getting caught up in secondary sanctions.

Located near the Arctic Circle, the IK-3 prison colony known as Polar Wolf is infamous for its brutal conditions.

The wage rise is due to a labor shortage following the war and an exodus of workers.

Alexey Navalny "felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness," according to a statement by the Russian prison service.

Some 150,000 to 190,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine. Another million Russians have fled their homeland.

"Tank losses since the full-scale invasion began now likely top 3,000 vehicles," said the chief of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.