The record-breaking four-million ruble (£36,987) signing bonus applied to soldiers who signed contracts in Samara Oblast.

WHAT a difference a day made. The very day after our June 12 column recounted hopeful developments here and abroad that seem ...

Ukraine and Russia conducted a new prisoner exchange on Saturday, June 14. This marks the fourth exchange in a week, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the ...