Some individual athletes from the banned countries will be permitted to participate in the Milano Cortina Winter Games

In Milan this week, Olympics officials signaled a willingness to ease years of restrictions imposed on the country over its state-backed doping program and invasion of Ukraine.

The International Ice Hockey Federation will not allow youth teams from Russia and Belarus to compete during this upcoming season but will consider reintegrating them at the under-18 level beginning i

The European Union’s ban on the import of fuels made from Russian crude has put some traders on edge as the bloc’s curbs enter into force — a reminder of the potential for blowback from regulations that are designed to hurt Moscow.

American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.

US President Donald Trump’s plan to sell Venezuelan oil to India is neat, but may be operationally messy, analysts say.

The expiration of the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia on Thursday has sparked fears about a nuclear arms race, with the two biggest nuclear superpowers without limits on their arsenals for the first time in decades.

The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.