Russian President Vladimir Putin has draped himself in old-fashioned, medieval conceptions of Russian history to add symbolic weight to his authoritarian government. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko ...

Trump reportedly threatened to walk out after Putin veered into a sprawling history lecture during his Alaska meeting ...

If you're trying to make sense of events in Russia, it might be best to frame it in medieval terms. Think of the mutiny by Prigozhin and the Wagner Group less as an attempted coup by mercenaries and ...

The Russian military is using "improvised cells" and medieval punishment techniques to clamp down on poor discipline, according to a new assessment. In the past few months, Russian commanders "have ...

Chinese Wikipedia had a robust collection of detailed and authoritative articles on medieval Russia, thanks to a user called Zhemao who claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat assigned in the country ...