In “The Oak and the Larch,” Sophie Pinkham examines a vast history and culture through the branches of its ancient trees.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Just three months after the deadly Crocus City Hall attack on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia was on June 23 struck by another terror outrage ...

Russia says geopolitical tension in the Arctic is of "the gravest concern," as European NATO members ramp up for war games in the region and Moscow seeks to highlight the disagreement between the ...

In this epic but sprightly history, journalist and critic Pinkham (Black Square) explores the central role forests have played in the Russian cultural imagination. Noting that “long after western ...

How billions of trees left their mark on an empire’s psyche – shaping ideological and literal battles up to the present day When Sophie Pinkham opens her fascinating book with the claim that “Russia ...

What if everything you thought you knew about Russia was missing its most important piece? In this video, I reveal the secret history that shaped modern Russia a forgotten legacy rooted not in the ...

BRUSSELS—For years, the U.S. government has published an annual National Security Strategy that lays out how Washington sees the world and its approach to dealing with looming threats, from China to ...

To read Julia Ioffe’s new book, “Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy” is to take a rambling ride — or a crash course if this is new territory — through the ...

Ljubljana — The counter-disinformation community gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for an annual conference this month, toward the end of a year that has seen Meta scrap its fact-checking program, a ...

Washington — After his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday, President Trump said both Russia and Ukraine should declare victory and "let history decide!" ...

Western diplomatic efforts to negotiate a ceasefire with Moscow have repeatedly failed, showing that despite the immense costs Russia has borne since 2022, its goals in Ukraine remain largely ...