Ilya Beloozerov drained his bank account and was on the run when he was shot to death by federal agents in a parking lot in Mississippi. CNN unravels the final weeks of his life.

In the face of declining approval ratings, the Kremlin is reverting to more repressive tactics. Just this week, Russia’s supreme court blocked Yabloko, the only remaining liberal, anti-war party on the ballot for parliamentary elections, from running. Dozens of young Russians gathered outside the court in solidarity as the decision came in.

Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major, which sank off the coast of Spain in December 2024, was likely carrying two nuclear submarine reactors and is believed to have been heading to North Korea. Source: CNN, as reported by European Pravda Details: The unusual ...

Russia is increasingly struggling to replenish its armed forces for the war against Ukraine, which could drive its leadership to consider unpopular measures such as forced mobilisation and exit bans. Source: CNN, citing experts Details: Janis Kluge, a ...

The Senate on Friday passed a major Russia sanctions bill, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who played a key role in the painstaking negotiations over the legislation that lasted over a year.

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where it has concentrated the bulk of its troops, as it continues efforts to encircle the key “fortress belt” city of Kostyantynivka and the city of Lyman.

(CNN) — Russia’s air attacks have grown in sheer volume in recent months, hammering Ukraine with more drones and high-speed missiles than ever before, as Moscow’s forces struggle to make meaningful progress on the ground. The massive strikes are ...

Kyiv (CNN) — Russia launched a massive attack on Kyiv overnight, destroying residential buildings and killing more than a dozen people in strikes Moscow’s military called retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on its own civilian infrastructure. Ukraine’s ...

(CNN) — Russia’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine has now cost the country some 450,000 lives, according to a new study that estimates the war’s total casualty numbers to have surpassed 2 million. The research by the Center for ...

Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin has just fled Russia, amid an effort by the authorities to prevent him from running in upcoming parliamentary elections. In exile in France, Nadezhdin talks with CNN’s Clare Sebastian about why the Russian public is turning against the war,