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“Independence Day will have a different meaning this year. Us Ukrainians love our freedom. We can say what we believe. My friends in Russia say they have a democracy. What kind of democracy is it if you cannot call a war a war?” 

                                   – A Russian living in Ukraine, Tatyana Antonova

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the Communist Party Leader who unleashed democracy, glasnost, and perestroika, has died.

The Russian state is preparing to pass new laws banning "gay propaganda" after a recent book led to public outrage.

On International Homeless Animals Day, Moscow citizens attended a festival to encourage the adoption of pets from city shelters.

Russia aims to increase the size of its army by 10 percent in the coming months.

The governor of Samara Oblast enlisted the help of students to create a 200-foot-long Russian tricolor out of painted stones for Russian Flag Day.

A rapper and a restauranteur have teamed up to rebrand the now-exiled Starbucks as a more Russia-friendly Stars Coffee.

Russian MiG fighter jets are suspected of violating Finnish airspace.

“What reason is there for us to do this?” 

                                   – A Ukrainian official speaking on the murder of Darya Dugina

Ukrainian and American artists launch the project "Flowers for Hope" to encourage hope and support humanitarian funds in Ukraine.

The possibility of another Chernobyl incident brings Turkey to Ukraine's side.

The Estonian city of Narva, on the Russian border, quietly dismantled a Soviet memorial featuring a T-34 tank.