A backlash over a rant against Ukrainian officials has raised questions about Eastern Europe’s welcome of Russian dissidents.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said Europe should engage with Russia over Ukraine, a pivot in her foreign policy that aligns her with recent comments from French President Emmanuel Macron.

The European Commission has announced plans to phase out imports of Russian liquefied natural gas by the end of 2026. As Europe proceeds with this goal, will it deliver?

The Kremlin on Friday hailed what it said looked like the desire of Italy, France and Germany to resume dialogue on Ukraine with Russia as a "significant shift" which matched its own view of how the situation should evolve.

Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, travel from Moscow to Europe has become a frustration – as the Monitor’s Moscow correspondent well knows.

A top ally to Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could wipe Europe off the map if the Russian president is killed as the war in Ukraine rages on. Sergey Karaganov, a former adviser to Putin, made the tarrifying threat in an interview with American political commentator Tucker Carlson.

With the sides far apart on key issues as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-year mark, analysts say the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II is unlikely to end in 2026.

Traveling to Kaliningrad, Russia, the Russian 'island' in the heart of Europe, surrounded by European Union (EU) countries. After flying to Gdansk, Poland, we crossed into Russia on a direct bus to explore the city,

Russia said on Thursday that NATO's talk of Russia and China being a threat to Greenland was a myth designed to artificially whip up hysteria and that what it called the Western alliance's policy of escalating confrontation in the Arctic was extremely dangerous.