Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of ...

Russian soldiers at home have been killing, maiming, raping and looting at record rates since the start of the full-scale ...

After disastrous wars in Chechnya and Afghanistan, Russia found it hard to recruit soldiers. But it has worked hard to ...

The order, signed by Ryazan's governor, instructs companies to select two to five workers who might be candidates for ...

A Russian military court sentenced former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov to 19 years in prison Friday for embezzling ...

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 ...

Accounts from soldiers and independent reports depict a battlefield economy in which basic needs, safer assignments and even medical care carry fixed prices, while those unable or unwilling to pay fac ...

Russian soldiers must also buy officers alcohol. “They have four korporativy [office parties] a week,” says Sergei, who ...

The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop aircraft crashed into a cliff, sources at the scene told state news agencies ...

Ukraine’s military is facing a growing problem of desertion. An estimated 150,000 service members may be missing from their ...

Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of ...