Russia denied reports on Tuesday that it has begun evacuating staff from its embassy in Venezuela, pushing back against claims that Moscow is preparing for a further deterioration of the situation as the United States ramps up military pressure on Nicolás Maduro 's regime.

If confirmed Ukraine was responsible, the assassination of another Russian general in Moscow points to a sustained campaign aimed at Russia’s rear.

For countries like Poland, having eyes on and under the Baltic is a pressing matter of national security. The sea teems with telecoms and energy infrastructure. A natural-gas pipeline, the Balticconnector,

Russia has sent arms to Madagascar's military government, which assumed power in an October coup. A Russian airforce plane landed at the international airport near Antananarivo, carrying 40 military personnel and 43 crates of weapons.

Ukrainian forces reportedly struck the Stavrolen petrochemical plant in Budyonnovsk, located in Russia's Stavropol Krai, overnight on Dec. 22, Russian Telegram media channels reported. Photos and videos __[posted__]( to social media and filmed by local residents appear to show large flames emanating from the direction

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday boasted of Russian military advances in Ukraine and ruled out any compromises with Kyiv ahead of meetings with U.S. officials in Miami this weekend aimed

Russian forces have crossed the border with Ukraine in the northeastern Sumy region and taken about 50 residents of a Ukrainian border village into Russia, Ukrainian media quoted the military as saying on Sunday.

The Russian economy has been dealing with growing headwinds this year: unruly inflation, a ballooning budget deficit and shrinking energy revenues. But analysts say the Kremlin could weather the storm for many more years.