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Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is traditionally a show of military might. But things were different this year.

Russia is pursuing influence in Central Asia and competing with the US. Afghanistan offers it a chance to do both.

The war of words over a bombed UN convoy in Syria is just the latest in a long series of diplomatic breakdowns.

The country’s defence industry needs approximately 400,000 more workers than it currently employs.

Russia’s military planners were not expecting such fierce Ukrainian resistance, especially in regions it has occupied since 2014.

As the ice recedes and technology for recovering resources in extreme conditions improves, the Arctic could become the theatre for future global conflicts. Here’s the story so far.

The Ukraine crisis caused relations between Russia and the EU to fall to their lowest point since the Cold War. But despite the bickering and outright conflicts, both still need each other: Europe relies…

For this latest instalment in our series on Russia’s relations with its neighbours, we turn to the oil-rich nation of Azerbaijan. Rovshan Ibrahimov argues that the country has rebounded from plumbing lows…

Washington would do well to leave the Cold War rhetoric in the past.

Russia’s plan to start flights to Northern Cyprus is likely to provoke a reaction from Greece.