According to a popular legend, in 1787, the Russian general Grigory Potemkin built elaborate but fake villages along the Dnieper River to impress Empress Catherine the Great with the supposed ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian troops have taken control of a village in eastern Ukraine which is close to a lithium deposit after fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces, a Russian-backed official said on ...

Russian forces have reportedly seized their first village in Ukraine's east-central Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Russian state media and war bloggers, marking a new advance in the ongoing ...

The animals came to the village in search of food, conservationists said. LONDON and MOSCOW -- More than 50 polar bears have descended on a Russian village looking for food, conservationists said. In ...