What was the Russian Revolution? Follow the journey from Russian disapproval of the Tsar to his eventual abdication. Communism may come to mind when thinking about the Russian Revolution, however, the motivation of the Russian people was not really about Communism at all. The Russian empire was...
What countries fought in the Crimean War? Who lost the Crimean War? What did Italy gain from the Crimean War? How did the Crimean War cause WWI? What was the Russian Civil War important? What upset the Biritish the most about the Crimean War?
Around 295,000 people live in Murmansk, a port city founded in 1916 at the height of World War I. One of its Soviet-era landmarks, the 236-foot (72-meter) Arktika Hotel, is the tallest building north of the Arctic Circle. The region's second-largest city is Russian, too. Norilsk...
The world of sport will also shine a spotlight on Europe this year, too, with the Olympics (and all the controversy over Russian and Belarusian athletes) coming to Paris, and the men's European Football Championship in Germany. 2024 will also be decisive for Ukraine in the ongoing...
Their lightning offensive, taking over several key cities in the space of days, is the most direct challenge to president Bashar al-Assad’s power in years and may signal the end of his 24-year rule. The Syrian civil war started 13 years ago, during...
We examine key air transport developments caused by Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on the civil aviation sector. Western countries imposed flight bans and visa restrictions on Russian airlines and individuals in early 2022, while Russia retaliated by restricting its air...
Kronstadt was (and is) a naval fortress on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Traditionally, it has served as the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and to guard the approaches to the city of St. Petersburg (which during the first world war was re-named Petrograd, then later Leningrad, ...
Rebellion raised the most daunting challenge to Putin's rule in over two decades, but key details about the uprising are still unknown
In addition to gold, CBS News also found Wagner was involved in illegal timber harvesting in CAR, another lucrative source of income. Putin said on June 27, just after the failed Wagner uprising, that the Russian government had paid more than $1 billion to the Wagner Group during...
Unlike in 2014, when Moscow stepped in to save Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energies – and most of his jets, troops and mercenaries – are elsewhere. Iran has meanwhile been hamstrung by war with Israel, which has escalated dramatically in the past year. Its main proxy ...