The 2018 World Cup has been seen as a public relations triumph for Vladimir Putin's Russia, but beyond the football concerns remain about the country's commitment to democracy, human rights and ...

“Increasing the birthrate is one of the top priorities for the entire government and the entire country ... Russian Human Rights Council chairman Valery Fadeyev said last year. Russia ...

Referring to Israel’s war on Gaza, Defence Ministry Spokesman Colonel Nalin Herath speculated about further escalation though ...

The country code for Russia is +7. This country code, along with the area code, is required to call a telephone number in Russia from another country. Also an international dialing prefix, specific to ...

The wounded tsar was then staabbed to death with halberds and swords. Peter I of Russia stops marauding soldiers after taking Narva in 1704, by Nikolai Saurweid The riverside trading town of Narva ...

In 2016 and the beginning of 2017, the country decriminalized some forms of family violence, which led to a decline in the number of such offenses in the official statistics. Russia has seen ...

(Geneva, October 10, 2024) – The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 10, 2024, today adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Russia ... voices in the country, silencing ...

Mariana Katzarova, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Russia, was denied entry into the country and compiled the report by speaking to political groups, activists and lawyers.

What if we saw leadership not just as a set of skills or a title but as an art? In my interview with ... "It's quintessentially human to want to leave a mark," he said. This innate desire to ...

Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear ...

Film fans in Russia wanting to go and see Warner Bros' new blockbuster The Batman won't be able to after the company suspended new film releases in the country. The US movie-maker was joined by ...

Dozens of Palestinians were injured or killed by Israeli strikes in central Gaza yesterday morning, one of which hit the ...