Just before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Germany offered Ukraine 5,000 combat helmets as an aid against a potential Moscow attack. Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, called the gesture “an absolute joke,

Germany is working to secure a drifting Russian oil tanker, believed to be part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet” used to fund its war in Ukraine, after it lost control in the Baltic Sea.

January 17, is remembered in history as the day Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny set foot in Moscow after five months in Germany followed by his arrest at the Sheremetyevo Airport in 2021. In 1991,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the potential bankruptcy or sale of the operator of the completed but never launched Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would amount to "theft".

Mysterious drone incursions spark espionage fears, as Germany points to Russia and strengthens drone defense measures.

Germany's military may soon be allowed to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles under a plan announced Wednesday after a string of drone sightings heightened fears of Russian surveillance and sabotage missions.

Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.

Peace deal with Putin would require 200,000 European troops, says Zelensky - Russia will return to Europe with an army 10 times the size of that which invaded Ukraine in 2022, Zelensky warns

A Russian disinformation campaign is seeking to boost the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), undermine mainstream German parties and sow worries about the economy ahead of the country's Feb. 23 election,

Prime among these is a longstanding dispute over European energy security that has found the U.S., Russia, and various European states on opposing sides.  These energy wars, if left unaddressed, threaten to cripple Europe for decades to come.

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Russia and Kazakhstan remain the favourite destinations for migrant workers from Uzbekistan. The exact number of Uzbeks working abroad is difficult to ascertain. The Agency for External Labor Migration claims that there are about 2–3 million people. Some experts say the figure could be as high as five million.