Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine recently crossed the four-year mark. Throughout that time, one of the biggest questions has been: Is this what Russians want?

While surveying a historic home in the small town of Torzhok about 135 miles northwest of Moscow, archaeologists discovered a clay container filled with 409 gold coins buried beneath the structure’s ...

Moscow is calling it “necro-propaganda” but intelligence services and chemical weapons experts from five European countries are united in their verdict: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was ...

Baird's Colin Sebastian is feeling good about the Google Cloud roadmap after a massive revenue acceleration to 48% growth in the fourth quarter from about 34% growth in the third quarter. The ...

Russia's communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, announced that it will impose further restrictions on Telegram, reported Reuters. The watchdog cited the platform's failure to comply with local laws on ...

As China’s history shows, no matter if it is Tsarist, Bolshevik, Soviet, or “democratic,” Russia’s strategic and geopolitical logic guiding its behavior remain unchanged. In China’s case, history is ...

Europe is tightening the net on Russian oil being shipped through its waters, squeezing Moscow’s ability to fund its war even as officials and business executives in Russia fear the window is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In mid-December 2025, several Russian state-controlled media outlets spread a rumor that Russia could apply for membership in the Central Asian Community. This statement followed Azerbaijan’s entry ...

The morning sun shines through a forest on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Russia has “three times as many trees as there are stars in our galaxy,” Sophie Pinkham writes. (Igor Dudkovskiy/AP) ...

In this epic but sprightly history, journalist and critic Pinkham (Black Square) explores the central role forests have played in the Russian cultural imagination. Noting that “long after western ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Russian Blue is known for its shimmering blue coat, silvery sheen, and bright green eyes, making it one of the ...