What's the difference between the weapons? Of the three, the SKS is the oldest. Developed in the 1940s by Russian weapons ...

It was designed in the 1940s by another famous Russian weapons designer, Sergey Simonov. The SKS was a slightly older rifle ...

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A spinoff of the Russian “troll factory” that targeted the 2016 US presidential election now appears to be at the heart of a disinformation campaign trying to sway Western and especially US ...

By Michael Crowley Officials said more than 30 drones had been intercepted over suburban areas of the Russian capital in what was the biggest such attack since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A Russian man has been rescued after 67 days adrift on a small boat in the bitterly cold Sea of Okhotsk, Russian authorities said Tuesday. The man’s brother and his teenage son died in the ...

Outside a Russian prison gate and stained concrete walls, a 14-year-old girl in a baggy beige sweater with her small dog on leash hugged her father, moments after his release. Tears filled Masha ...

Old Soviet tanks have been borrowed from museums to help train Ukrainian troops on what a commander of the EU training mission for Kyiv says are booby-trap tactics used by Russian soldiers on the ...

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022. Russian forces have made small gains in recent months but now Ukrainian forces have staged a counter ...

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Earlier this month, one Russian TV channel discoloured a rainbow in a South Korean pop video, to avoid being accused of violating the "gay propaganda" law. At the Duma, the lower house of the ...