The complexities surrounding derussifying names are an example of how past legacies are still felt in the region, affecting even the most basic life decisions.

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

An interview with Maria Popova, co-author of the new book, Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States. The ...

Despite laws banning discriminatory hiring practices, Russian state entities are advertising jobs with the requirement that ...

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What is happening in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia? Since 2014, the Ukrainian NGO Center for Civil Liberties has been documenting human rights violations in the territories under ...

In the years that followed, photos of Sendeoli would become part of a pro-Russian propaganda campaign – one that used his ...

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company's parent company Alphabet is buying Wiz, the cloud ...

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had recaptured settlements in western Kursk region seized by Ukraine last August, and said its forces also advanced in Ukraine's Sumy region.

Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the Russian advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war.

Ukraine has said its forces thwarted a surprise attack conducted by Russia through a gas pipeline in Kursk on Sunday, claiming enemy losses were “very high”. Russian special forces crept about ...