BBC iPlayer is now streaming a drama deemed many people's "all-time favourite". It's based on a book that fans admire equally ...

So, to quote Sir Edmund Hillary after he had reached the summit of Everest, I “have knocked the bastard off”.In my case, the Herculean achievement in question is to have finally read War and ...

Step onto the battlefield of Borodino, the bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars. This video explores the clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and the Russian forces, examining the strategies, ...

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A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The Ukrainian authorities urged residents in the ...

EU wants to use frozen Russian assets for loan to Ukraine Russian central bank says such a move would be illegal EU agrees to freeze Russian assets indefinitely BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The ...

North Korea's Kim pledges permanent support for Russia's Putin in a letter, KCNA says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter that he will support Putin's ...

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...

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