Russia is generally considered a great power and wields significant regional influence in Europe, possessing the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and having the third-highest military expenditure …

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3 days ago · Ukraine and Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on vessels in the Black ‌Sea and the Sea of Azov, stepping up hostilities in a zone vital for grain exports that have …

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Russia retained its nuclear arsenal but lost its superpower status. Scrapping the central planning and state-ownership of property of the Soviet era in the 1990s, new leaders, led by President Vladimir …

14 hours ago · Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the U.S.S.R., Russia became an independent country after the …

5 days ago · Russian capital targeted by 400 drones overnight a day after one of the war’s biggest ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian city. Cargo ship attack kills six people; Russian president...