On Feb. 6, Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU), was shot multiple times in his Moscow apartment building. Alekseyev was hospitalized and remains in serious condition. His role and...

North Korea has sent nearly 12,000 soldiers to eastern Russia to train, expected to join Russian forces in the fight against Ukraine soon. Most soldiers are heading towards the Kursk region, a Ukraine-controlled area of Russia with particularly intense...

Ukraine, the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, has been thrust onto the world's stage by Russian president Vladimir Putin in recent months. Ukraine gained its independence from Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, bringing...

“Russian - it’s Stalin, violence, banditism, unusual citizens!” “Communist monsters. Wild people.” “He’s not a man. He isn’t human. He is mad, ugly, stinkin.” When I’m not in classes or traveling around the historic land of...

On February 24, peace in Europe, intact for nearly 80 years, was shattered by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Over 100,000 Russian troops crossed the border into the country alongside heavy artillery and battle tanks. They were met with stalwart resistance...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine marked the beginning of the largest European military conflict since World War II. Though the outbreak of nuclear war remains extremely unlikely, the threat of military escalation combined with Vladimir Putin’s...

Tensions in recent months between Russia and the United States about Ukraine have severed relations. These global politics have impacted our space program. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that U.S. astronauts may not have full access...

Read another perspective on this topic: Russia's annexation of Crimea is unjustified Molotov cocktails are thrown, buildings are seized, petrol bombs are thrown, shots are fired, people are killed. All the reason why Russia decided to take Ukraine...

Read another perspective on this topic: The Ukrainian "Revolution" February became a month of tension and strain for much of the world as the situation in Ukraine, especially in the Crimean Peninsula, escalated. Following the ousting of Ukrainian President...