The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW untangles how their methods and objectives differ from region to region, and how effective the ...

These developments have led some analysts to believe Russia’s influence and ability to project power in the Sahel is waning, or that the Kremlin no longer considers the Sahel and other friendly states ...

The international community is talking tough on Rwanda’s involvement on the M23 rebellion in eastern DRC. But analysts say ...

Since Yevgeny Prigozhin’s 2023 betrayal, the Kremlin has been trying to supplant the Wagner group throughout the continent.

Alexander Dugin, a Russian far-right philosopher, has pushed forward the debate to bury Lenin's body to make way for Putin's.

Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary ...

Moscow has sought to establish a greater presence in North and West Africa, and the “Russian Expeditionary Corps” is leading those efforts.

The late Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary force has been accused of plotting attacks against Western ...

First there was the short-lived mutiny in June 2023, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group. More recently, there was Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region – the first time ...

But it is the Russians who are widely credited with helping the nation stave off collapse. A photograph from December 3, 2024, shows a newly inaugurated bronze statue in the likeness of late Wagner ...