When Kaminetsky arrived in the Closed City in 1990, the years of pogroms, Nazi conquest, and Soviet oppression had reduced ...

The Turkmenistan Manat (TMT) is the country's national currency, introduced in 2009 and used for transactions and savings.

Airat Gibatdinov, a member of Russia’s Council Committee on Culture, is proposing the Kremlin build its own version of the ...

One of the gas station franchises familiar to drivers in the Northeast U.S. is actually Russian-owned and has been for decades. Here's the story.

The new reality has forced the Kremlin to raise taxes and increase debt, and hovers over peace talks with Ukraine.

The New START treaty is set to end on 5 February. Without it, there would be no constraints on long-range nuclear arsenals for the first time since Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign ...

What's the true story of the Miracle on Ice? The hockey team in the 1980 Olympics upset spoke to TODAY about the true story behind the Netflix documentary.

He recalled that first the former Soviet Union and then Russia supplied African countries with large quantities of weapons and combat vehicles, trained specialists in their production, use, and ...

The United States and Russia could embark on an unrestrained nuclear arms race for the first time since the Cold War, unless they reach an eleventh-hour deal ...

Torgashev started skating when he was 5 at the Coral Springs, Florida, rink where his parents coached. Both parents competed ...

In 1991, Sergei Krikalev was aboard the Mir space station when the Soviet Union collapsed beneath him. This is the story of how he became the last Soviet citizen in space, endured months of ...

The deal with Carlyle comes after the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Lukoil, putting a dent in the Kremlin’s oil revenue.