Images of champagne, helicopters and designer outfits shared online have collided with a country shaped by years of war and economic strain. According to Le Figaro, cited by News.ro, Russian clothing ...

A visitor to the Gulag History Museum looks at an exhibit near a photo of a Gulag prisoner in Moscow, Russia, on May 21, 2018. (Celestino Arce / NurPhoto via AFP) MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia plans to ...

Russian prosecutors demanded Tuesday that a respected Gulag historian be sentenced to 15 years in prison over alleged sexual assault in a case his allies say has been trumped up to silence him. Yury ...

The gulag was a vast network of prison labour camps set up in the Soviet Union - Copyright AFP/File VASILY MAXIMOV The gulag was a vast network of prison labour camps ...

When Russians started being arrested for opposing the Ukraine offensive, Maria felt the same kind of fear she guessed her ancestors, victims of repression under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, must have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Kara-Murza sits down with The Independent in London to recall his Siberian prison ordeal (Liam James/The Independent) The ...

After three years in a Russian gulag, a gutsy U.S. marine got revenge — by battling the Russians in Ukraine. “I knew I could never be myself again if justice wasn’t served,” Trevor Reed told the New ...

Moscow residents react after Russian authorities ordered the closure of the city's award-winning Gulag History Museum, dedicated to the victims of Soviet-era repression. The closure was officially put ...

Russia has imprisoned hundreds for protesting or speaking out against the Ukraine campaign - Copyright AFP/File Alexander NEMENOV Russia has imprisoned hundreds for ...