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Born and raised in Voronezh, Russia, Andrei moved to Moscow after graduating from university. He writes on culture for Lonely Planet, the Moscow Times and several Russian-language publications.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that at least eight drones had targeted Moscow and the surrounding region. By Ivan Nechepurenko and Anatoly Kurmanaev Moscow came under a drone attack early ...
A body is seen covered on the ground after an explosion that killed Lt. General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons unit, and his assistant, in Moscow, Russia ...
But this time, the shattered glass and concrete is in the Russian capital, not Kyiv. Russia’s war on Ukraine, it seems, has come home to Moscow. Here’s what we know so far.
It marks an abrupt end to a sense of normalcy that had settled over Moscow. On Thursday, Russia reported 1,159 deaths in the previous 24 hours. The Kremlin blames Russians' reluctance to vaccinate.
"We can expect a great deal of sound and fury from Moscow," Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow with the London-based think-tank Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program, told NBC News.
The Russian defense ministry called Tuesday's drone strike a "terrorist attack" by the "Kyiv regime" and said Moscow will react "as harshly as possible to the actions of Ukrainian militants." ...
Russian authorities have accused Kyiv of another drone attack on Moscow. Russian shelling in Ukraine hits a medical facility, killing a doctor, officials say.
Russia glimpsed the threat of armed insurrection over the weekend, with Wagner Group mercenaries marching toward Moscow as President Vladimir Putin vowed retribution – all before a sudden deal ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv and Moscow exchange dozens more prisoners after huge drone and missile strike - Russia is accused of executing more than 150 Ukrainian prisoners of war ...
In contrast to Russia's celebrations marking 80 years since the surrender of the Nazis, European leaders agreed to set up a tribunal to try Russian leaders for Moscow's war on Ukraine.
A ceasefire in Russia’s 3-year-old war in Ukraine hinges on Moscow accepting the U.S. proposal of a 30-day pause in fighting as a confidence-building measure for both sides to hammer out a ...