Russian regions are dramatically increasing the amount of money they pay to new military recruits as analysts say “ideological” recruitment campaigns are no longer enough to motivate people to fight ...

Putting tariffs on Russian oil will make it increasingly expensive for Hungary and Slovakia to maintain their energy ties with Moscow. The European Commission is working on a new proposal to impose ...

Banished from Eurovision because of the war in Ukraine, Russia revived the Soviet-era song contest featuring acts meant to promote "traditional family values" which saw singers hailing from 23 ...

Australian-born singer Vassy was set to represent the US at the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest on Saturday, but dropped out at the last minute. Russian organisers claimed this was because ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a competition backed by President Vladimir Putin and conceived as ...

A Vietnamese pop star won the Intervision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday. The United States was meant to participate, but politics intervened. By Alex Marshall Ivan Nechepurenko and Alina Lobzina ...

Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets lingered in NATO-member Estonia's airspace for several minutes on Friday, according to Estonian authorities. Italian F-35s responded. Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen ...

Estonia and allies have roundly condemned an incursion by three Russian MiG-31 warplanes. NATO slammed the move as "reckless Russian behaviour." Follow DW for more on Ukraine and Russia. Estonia says ...

President Trump reupped his call for NATO members to stop buying Russian oil amid a wider sanctions push in hopes of forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the war in Ukraine. The president ...

The State Council of Crimea, the Russian-installed parliament in the occupied region, has recommended that municipalities ban performances of songs by “foreign agents” in open public spaces, according ...

Pikachu is the iconic electric-type Pokémon from Nintendo's and Game Freak's legendary Pokémon franchise, which debuted in Pokémon Red and Blue in 1996. Instantly recognizable for its yellow fur, red ...

Ukraine's top rabbi has issued a direct appeal - in the form of a music video - to U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war, as Russian strikes continue to kill Ukrainians. A Russian drone attack on ...