America's current retreat from world power recalls that of the Soviet Union after 1988. Is the U.S. poised to collapse like the Soviet Union did?

For too long, we in the West have underestimated Putin’s global ideological vision as an animating force for his foreign-policy agenda. The tragic consequence is that today Putinism is advancing ...

For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was ...

Boris Spassky, who represented Russia and France in his illustrious chess career, died at the age of 88. Back in 1972, Spassky locked horns with Bobby Fischer in the "the match of the century" in ...

In this book, Satter tells the story of the apartment bombings and how Boris Yeltsin presided over the criminalization of Russia, why Vladimir Putin was chosen as his successor, and how Putin has ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

'Complete untruths' about Ukraine being said in Washington says Boris Johnson The former prime minister says it's "ghastly to hear some of the language that's been coming from Washington".

KYIV — Donald Trump's deeply controversial rare minerals deal with Ukraine got an unexpected backer Monday — former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson — in office in the U.K. during Ukraine's ...

Boris Johnson has taken a subtle dig at Donald Trump by saying he "categorically rejects bizarre untruths" about the origins of the Ukraine war. The US president last week accused Kyiv of being ...

A British couple in their 70s who run education programs in Afghanistan have lost contact with their family after being detained by the Taliban early this month, their children say. The family ...

Boris Johnson abruptly ended a live interview in Kyiv on Good Morning Britain on Monday. Speaking from the Ukrainian capital three years after Russia’s invasion, the former PM said he believed a ...