Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of 168,142 ...

February 18, 2026: Families of Russian soldiers have been complaining about the harsh treatment their sons, fathers, husbands and brothers have received while fighting in Ukraine. Nearly 2,000 of them ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the official symbols of the All—Russian Cossack Society - the coat of arms, ...

Once prized fighters under the Tsars, Russia’s Cossack population was ostracised by authorities during the Soviet era. Under President Vladimir Putin, they have reintegrated into Russian society, ...

A court in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine sentenced four Russian soldiers over the death last year of Russell Bentley, a US citizen who as the "Donbas Cowboy" gained notoriety for joining Russia ...

Russell Bentley was a pro-Russia volunteer in Ukraine He was murdered last year in eastern Ukraine Court jails soldiers over his murder MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Three Russian soldiers were sentenced ...

They are wrapped in folklore, faith and history, often portrayed as relics of another age: Russia’s Cossacks. Once marginalised and persecuted, they have been drawn back into the centre of state power ...