North Koreans may be the highest-profile mercenaries fighting for the Kremlin in the Russia-Ukraine war, but an investigation ...

Inmates at a prison in southern Russia’s Volgograd region seized control of the facility and took hostages on Friday. [AFP] Inmates killed at least three Russian prison guards Friday in a prison ...

and the Tambov region, an agricultural and consumer goods producer in southern Russia. For Tambov, Putin selected Yevgeny Pervyshov, a former mayor of a major southern city who in 2022 signed up ...