The average life expectancy at birth in the U.S. is approximately 78 years. In Germany, that number is 81.7 years. In Ukraine, the expected life expectancy at birth in 2023–2024 was 73.4 years, with ...

The most talked about story in Russia right now is the handful of young street musicians who recently escaped from the country after being targeted for daring to sing protest songs. It began in St.

Russians might be getting fed up with the Kremlin making their lives harder and more isolated in the name of security. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

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

A middle-aged man in camouflage gets on a bus in central Moscow. He is holding a plastic bag that contains a bottle of vodka and a can of beer. Slightly swaying, his eyes blurred, he sips alternately ...

Weighing against a deliberate attack, however, are serious domestic and foreign challenges for Russia, including the need to revitalize the nonmilitary segment of its economy, increase investment in ...

The Kremlin’s sabotage campaign against European allies of Ukraine has been escalating. It needs people like Aleksei Kolosovsky, 42, to carry it out. By Michael Schwirtz and Adam Goldman Michael ...