A truck rammed the gates of parliament in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday as hundreds ...

Russian troops, including soldiers disguised as Ukrainians, briefly broke through the frontlines in the northeast, a sign ...

and from an American nuclear expert who helped clean-up the former USSR. Also, the performance artist protesting about the growing divide between rich and poor, and the first editor of Vogue ...

"What was the break-up of the USSR? It was the break-up of historical Russia," Mr Putin said in a recent state TV documentary. "We lost 40% of our territory… much of what had been accumulated ...

has reportedly attracted thousands of followers since founding the religious group shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Some are said to believe he is the reincarnation of Christ.

can break up the strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing," he said, speaking about the impact of Trump's victory on the Russian-Chinese partnership. However, Dynkin noted that Russia and ...

Hear from two of those leaders Show more In December 1991 the leaders of three Soviet Republics - Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia - signed a treaty dissolving the USSR. They did it without asking ...