Russia鈥檚 most progressive state-funded university has been a hotbed for political free speech, but the administration is trying to rein that in.
Vladimir Putin鈥檚 plan to change the Russian Constitution allows him to keep control after his presidency. But it also broadens politics in Russia.
Russia has forbidden women from jobs like train driver, miner, and diver to 鈥減rotect鈥� them. Next year the list of banned jobs will be radically cut.
The Russian government鈥檚 response to doping bans has been to blame the West. But top athletes 鈥� and much of the public 鈥� don鈥檛 seem to be on board.
Ukrainian industry is ailing. And with the West showing little interest in helping, China has stepped in 鈥� and could reshape Ukraine's allegiances.
Russia seems to be showing signs of taking climate change more seriously. It marks a shifting of thought, but perhaps not yet a very deep one.
Russia has insisted that the U.S. needed to play a role in brokering peace in Syria. But with the cease-fire deal, it鈥檚 now all up to the Kremlin.
Is Vladimir Putin really the Lex Luthor type character the U.S. makes him out to be? Our Moscow correspondent shares how Russians view their leader.
Ukraine has been the site of the political affairs of Paul Manafort, the business dealings of Hunter Biden, and the investigations of Rudy Giuliani.
A ban on online slander of Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, seems meant to silence critics. But is it making the Kremlin look weak?
Developers in Moscow plan to turn the historical Badaevskiy Beer Plant site into the home of airborne apartment blocks. But locals are fighting back.
Patriarch Filaret鈥檚 ambitions for a unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church were disrupted when they became enmeshed in a presidential platform.
The Moscow protests show the political awakening of Russia鈥檚 professional class after being bluntly snubbed by Moscow city authorities.
Almost everyone in eastern Ukraine wants a peace plan that will end the fighting, but what that peace will look like can vary dramatically.
In the port city of Mariupol, locals struggle with Ukraine鈥檚 ongoing civil war and plan for a future where trade with the world is free again.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy now has the ability to make sweeping reforms in Ukraine, after Sunday鈥檚 election gave him a majority in parliament.
That Russia, the U.S., and the EU could oust an oligarch in Moldova is raising hopes that they can find solutions in Ukraine and Georgia too.
Behind the drama of Vladimir Putin鈥檚 televised town hall meeting lies an expansive yet controversial project to remake Russian society.
Internet company Yandex is key to Russian economic success, but it has encryption keys that the FSB wants. Can Russia balance security and economy?
The detention of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov has spurred the Russian news media to rally to his defense in a rare display of unity.
