Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. With a population of over 140 million, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and a major cultural centre.
Beyond's analysis on Russia
- — Intensified Russian aerial campaign against Kyiv heightens regional geopolitical instability
- — Indicted journalist Dimitri Simes to host virtual press conference from Moscow addressing U.S.-Russia relations
- — UK launches National Centre for Information Defence to counter Russian disinformation and deepfakes
- — Putin's ruling party consolidates absolute control via contested parliamentary elections
- — US House approves new Russia sanctions bill, ending a two‑year pause in Ukraine aid and boosting Trump’s bargaining power over Moscow
- — Ukrainian drone operations strike critical Russian diesel refining infrastructure, reducing capacity by approximately 50%
- — U.S. legislative movement on sanctions against Russia and Iran coincides with increased Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure
- — Russia targets Western diplomats via drone attack on railway to intimidate Ukraine allies
- — Amnesty International accuses Russia of human trafficking migrants for combat roles under false pretenses
- — Ukraine’s strategy of striking inside Russia to pressurize Putin signals escalating wartime economic stakes for energy and defense markets
- — Russia’s alleged meddling in Sweden’s election raises political risk that could affect defence spending, energy flows and investor confidence across the Nordics
- — Russia accelerates Northern Sea Route development to offset looming EU LNG ban
Recent news mentioning Russia
- — Russia launches all-day bombing attack on Kyiv
- — DIMITRI SIMES, INDICTED JOURNALIST, TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 TO DISCUSS PRESS FREEDOMS & RUSSIA/U.S. RELATIONS
- — Azerbaijan frees French prisoner after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire
- — Has Burnham changed tack on Russia?
- — New UK agency will tackle ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham says
- — The West Is Sending Russia the Wrong Signals
- — EU removes two oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms
- — Nuclear Safety Brings America Into Russia's Uzbek Energy Project
- — India’s Russian Oil Imports Slide as Refiners Hunt for Alternatives
- — EU removes two Russian billionaires from sanctions list
- — Ukraine open to grain truce with Russia, deputy PM says
- — Macron pushes for energy truce between Ukraine and Russia