On New Year’s Eve, 22-year-old Vika shared an unboxing of the new iPhone 16 with her Instagram followers. The phone, she said ...

“Russian forces sustained 429,660 casualties, killed and wounded, in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2024, a notable increase on the 252,940 casualties sustained in 2023, according to the ...

Russia halted gas deliveries to the pro-Russian separatist region of Transnistria in Moldova on January 1. People living there are now really feeling the cold. The first week of 2025 has been cold ...

In September 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a “partial mobilization campaign” plunged the country ...

The start of a new year is the perfect time for new beginnings. We've all made New Year's resolutions: cut out sugar, stop texting exes, find a better job, or finally call our parents. But let's talk ...

Steve Rosenberg joins Nick and Amol to lift the lid on what it’s like living and working in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Show more After listener Margaret got in touch asking about Steve Rosenberg ...

Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major southern Russian city, according to Russian ...

Vladimir Putin at a perinatal center in Kaliningrad in 2011. Some female college students in Russia can now receive payments for giving birth to healthy babies. This comes as the country’s birth ...

In 1861 serfdom, the system which tied the Russian peasants irrevocably to their landlords, was abolished at the Tsar’s imperial command. Four years later, slavery in the USA was similarly declared ...

Russia's economy has been running hot on wartime activities, prompting the country's central bank to hike rates up to 21% — but it's now worried about too much cooling. Elvira Nabiullina, Russia ...

Britain is one of the "least work-oriented countries in the world", BrewDog co-founder James Watt has said. Meanwhile, ...