Charles Maynes

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet by video conference Tuesday. At the top of their agenda is the escalating tension over Ukraine.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Stockholm Thursday — amid rising friction between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine.

The war of words between NATO and Russia over Ukraine is reaching another highpoint — with Russian troops massing at the Ukrainian border.

Russian prosecutors are seeking court action to shut down the country's oldest human rights group. They accuse the group known as Memorial of being a foreign agent.

Some European countries have accused Russia of encouraging Belarus in its strategy of trying to push migrants across its border with the EU, but the Kremlin says it's not involved.

Photographer Vlad Sokhin's latest work, Warm Waters, is an exploration of climate change traveling across 18 countries and off-the-map territories seen by seldom few.

A new documentary highlights the struggles of the independent Russian media channel TV Rain as it came under increasing pressure from the Kremlin.

Russia is being held responsible by many western leaders for the sharp increase in natural gas prices in Europe. The view from Moscow is rather different.

Record numbers of COVID-19 deaths in Russia are being blamed on low vaccination rates. At the same time in Germany, which has a high vaccination rate, breakthrough infection rates are rising.

Igor Kirillov, the Soviet newscaster who anchored the USSR's main evening news for three decades, has died at age 89.

Russia is seeing its highest infection and death rates since the start of the pandemic. It's beginning a controversial 10-day shutdown in an attempt to defeat the virus.

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.

The Russian government has been holding a conference in Moscow for the Taliban, China, Pakistan and other states concerned with the future of Afghanistan. The U.S. in not participating.

Russia continues a grim streak in nearly daily milestones related to the coronavirus. The government's task force on Monday reported 34,300 new infections — its highest number to date.

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.

Russia launched an actress and a director into space to try to beat the U.S. in producing the first movie filmed in orbit. The story centers on a doctor who rushes to save the life of a cosmonaut.

A descendant of the czarist Romanov dynasty was married in the first royal wedding in over 100 years — kicking off a weekend of lavish events that sparked public curiosity, awe and derision.

Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.

Veterans of the Soviet Union's unsuccessful intervention in Afghanistan give their views about the U.S. experience there. The Soviets left Afghanistan in 1989. The U.S. pulled out last month.