There is truth in his claim that Ukraine and Russia are close kin, as the following maps demonstrate.What is nonsense is the assertion that their separation into two countries is the result of some ...

Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region on August 6 saw Kyiv make swift gains which were hoped to be an ...

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Russia's success removes another barrier to a peace deal Moscow was reluctant to conclude with so many enemy troops on its ...

The history of what we now think of as Russia started in Kyiv more than 1,000 years ago when Viking warrior-merchants came down from the north and founded Kyivan Rus, the first East Slavic state ...

as well as the Gulag History Museum and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Be sure to visit nearby Pushkin Square for a glimpse of local Russian life. The area is a very popular meeting spot ...