Russia may nationalize and swiftly sell off foreign-owned assets under a new privatization mechanism in retaliation for any European moves to seize Russian holdings abroad, according to a person close to the government.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that an oil tanker off the French coast had committed “very serious wrongdoings” and linked it to Russia’s shadow fleet, which is avoiding Western sanctions over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The budget indicates that Russia will continue to fight largely as it has, locking it in a grinding war of attrition.

Few people understand Russia’s shadow fleet as well as Ivo Värk, the commander of the Estonian navy. It often tracks dozens of shadow vessels passing through the Gulf of Finland every day. But when it comes to halting them,

The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the USGS has released new aftershock forecasts that detail the likelihood and magnitude of future earthquakes expected in the region.

As Donald Trump is set to decide whether to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe

Vice President Vance said Russia must “wake up and accept reality” in its ongoing war against Ukraine. “We want peace here,” Vance said Sunday on Fox News. “We have been actively pursuing

A rash of Russian violations of NATO airspace last month has prompted some allies to recall Turkey's swift and deadly response a decade ago, when it shot down a Russian fighter jet that had crossed over its southern border.

The Russian state itself will be held accountable. Torture remains part of, in my view, Russian war tactics and war policy.”

The Pentagon will convene 800 generals and admirals in an unusual meeting, while President Donald Trump criticizes Russia and a new defense strategy emerges.

Russia and China have long been allies, but there are new indications that they may be taking their military alliance to unprecedented heights. Russia might be helping China’s armed forces gear up for a potential invasion of Taiwan,

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mocked U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that the United States had not sent nuclear submarines to Russian shores as Trump had promised. Trump on Tuesday cast Medvedev as "a stupid person" and said that he had moved a "submarine or two" to the coast of Russia.