Ivan Nechepurenko

The Kremlin plans to sharply increase spending on the war in Ukraine, even at the cost of ballooning debt, cuts to health care and other social programs, and higher taxes, according to a draft 2027 budget made public Wednesday.

As Ukraine increasingly takes the war to Russia, the effects may be most visible on the roads.

MOSCOW -- Sergei Tselikov, Russia's leading auto industry expert, has owned more than 20 vehicles, including a Volvo, a Volkswagen and a Range Rover. All had gasoline engines.

The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.

by Ivan Nechepurenko , New York Times Published The rumors have been swirling for days. That a young lab worker died of suspected plague in Siberia.

The rumors have been swirling for days. That a young lab worker died of suspected plague in Siberia. That authorities feared an epidemic might spread and had quarantined hundreds of

President Trump lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries. Mr. Zelensky said he‘ll stop — if Russia does too.

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine on Sunday shrugged off President Donald Trump's suggestion that it ditch Volodymyr Zelenskyy as its president because it has continued to strike Russian oil refineries.

Praising President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian,” Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday thanked the Russian leader in St.

President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, praised President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as a “humanitarian” for releasing an imprisoned