According to Tass, the Chinese greeted Putin with "An ​unforgettable evening and ​the dance of the little swans from ​Swan ...

1.6 million – that’s the number of attendees that came to watch Metallica's juggernaut of a concert in Moscow, in 1991. The Soviet Union was in crisis. A month before Metallica's show, a group of ...

Algeria has become a key customer for Russian arms at a time when Moscow has seen a slump in its military-export business after the invasion of Ukraine.

Russian authorities have restricted internet access in parts of the country over the past year and last month blocked access to Telegram, Russia's most popular messenger app. The Kremlin says the ...

Judy Cox on the hidden history of how women organised and risked their lives to fight back as fascism spread across Europe ...

Michael Wayne’s analysis of Gramsci has its strengths, particularly on contemporary Britain, but is wrong to attack the ...

While three cosmonauts orbited Earth with no suits and no escape system, the leader who ordered their mission was being removed from power. The Voskhod 1 flight was part propaganda triumph, part ...

Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent.

In 1989 Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander M. Zuyev defected in a MiG-29 fighter after executing a brilliant and bold plan, ...