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Why Russia gave up Alaska, America’s gateway to the Arctic
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoOn March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de...
Putin extends one-man rule in Russia after stage-managed election devoid of credible opposition
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoPresident Vladimir Putin has tightened his grip on the country he has ruled since the turn of the...
An unlikely challenger to Putin brings a rare show of defiance, creating a dilemma for the Kremlin
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoBoris Nadezhdin has become a dilemma for the Kremlin as he seeks to run in the March 17 presidential...
A century after Lenin's death, the USSR's founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoNot long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and...
Russia-Ukraine war - live: Putin’s troops accused of executing soldiers who were surrendering
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoVladimir Putin’s troops have been accused of executing Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered near...
25 Classic Winter Books to Read by the Fire
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 8 months ago25 Classic Winter Books to Read by the FireDesign by Michael Stillwell It's December, which means there's no better activity then curling up by a fire...
Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoAccording to Peter Thiel, the Kremlin reached out to him through Daniil Bisslinger, a Russian...
What Really Happened To Yevgeny Prigozhin?
HuffPost UK via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoYevgeny Prigozhin pushed himself into the international spotlight just two months ago. Now, he’s thought to be dead. While his reputation had been...
High hopes for Ukraine's 2nd counteroffensive against Russia
Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Ukrainian serviceman near Bakhmut. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) AP After a first phase marked by slow...
Young Russian lawyers step up to defend anti-war protesters
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoSofia Gominova wanted to be a lawyer from age 11. Born after the fall of the Soviet Union, she grew...