Twenty-five years ago this week, Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, formally handed over power to a hand-picked successor. “Take care of Russia,” was Yeltsin’s final exhortation to the young Vladimir Putin, who had been ...

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed an agreement in January to create a joint Baltic defense line against future Russian attacks. Last week, Lithuania announced it had deployed mines and anti-tank obstacles such as metal “hedgehogs” and concrete ...

Russia, the supposed military superpower, now depends on Iranian drones, North Korean missiles, and World War II-era Soviet equipment to fight its war on Ukraine. It has lost more than 700,000 soldiers, 100,000 armored vehicles and artillery systems, and ...

The Russian Federation has labeled cybersecurity firm Recorded Future as "undesirable," a designation that CEO Christopher Ahlberg considers a compliment. “Some things in life are rare compliments. This being one,” he said in a post on X that included ...

Vladimir Putin, 71, has been president or prime minister of Russia since August 1999, clamping down ever harder on dissent while building up a personalized authoritarian system that has proven durable through political upheaval, economic crises, wars, and ...

Russia produced and refurbished more than 1,500 tanks and 2,800 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and armoured personnel carriers (APCs) in 2024, which allowed it to compensate for last year's losses in armoured vehicles. However, analysts estimate that ...

The offensive had several positive effects. Symbolically, it changed the entrenched narrative of recent months that Ukraine was only going to continue to lose territory over time. It has also raised doubts among the Russian political elite about the future ...

Only a "ruined" Russia can ensure peace on NATO's eastern flank in the near future, a senior European defense official has said, as Kyiv's Western allies look to recalibrate their wartime strategy after a disappointing 2023. "Russia needs to walk away with ...

The Russian government has set a new precedent for itself by officially designating Recorded Future, the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) company, as "undesirable." It's a development that the company's CEO sees as a badge of honor. The term is the country ...