Uighur artist Aniwar Mamat was born and raised in western China’s Xinjiang region, home to many of the mostly Muslim minority ...

As President Trump pushes to end the Russian invasion, two books look at the paramilitary Wagner Group and consider the shape ...

The Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn captured in fiction the events that led to the Bolshevik revolution.

NPR speaks with Michael Calvey, an American businessman who went from championing investments in Russia to ending up in a ...

She’s sold millions of books, gained legions of diehard fans, and has even begun conquering Hollywood. Her work has one box-office smash in the books, and more on the way with big names behind them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace, an initiative welcomed by US President ...

Spare a thought for Tim and Alex Foley. It was Tim’s 20th birthday when, on June 27th, 2010, the FBI pushed their way into the family home in Cambridge, Massachusetts and snapped the cuffs on ...

Germany has said the "clock is ticking" on more sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire by the end of Monday; Russia is serious about peace in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman ...

Russia could run out of liquid reserves as soon as this fall, one European economist has said. The nation's liquid reserves have dwindled to $31 billion, down from $117 billion in 2021. Limited ...

Gessen wrote a book about what lessons Americans could learn from countries like Russia and Hungary. The book, called “Surviving Autocracy,” draws on Gessen’s own experiences growing up in ...