Russia

Russia

Russian Bank Hires Former U.S. Senators to Fight Sanctions

Trent Lott and John Breaux represent Gazprombank

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 4:35 PM

World War 2

World War II Started 75 Years Ago Today, Still Shaping Foreign Policy

Ed Krayewski | 9.1.2014 3:02 PM

World

Western Countries Balk at Calling Russia-Ukraine Conflict 'War'

A spat? Domestic disturbance?

Reason Staff | 8.28.2014 1:53 PM

Politics

Fox's Kim Guilfoyle Wants Putin-esque War Leader, Not Civil Liberties

Zenon Evans | 8.28.2014 11:40 AM

World

Ukraine Plans Military Response to Russian Forces

Poroshenko responds to "sharp deterioration" in rebel-held territory,

Reason Staff | 8.28.2014 8:10 AM

World

Ukraine: Russia Is Invading Right Now

Reason Staff | 8.27.2014 3:51 PM

World

Read All Over

Charles Oliver | 8.27.2014 6:00 AM

World

Brickbat: Read All Over

Charles Oliver | 8.27.2014 6:00 AM

Ukraine

Ukraine Captures Russian Soldiers Operating in Country

Russia admits soldiers crossed into Ukraine, because, well, Ukraine released video of them

Reason Staff | 8.26.2014 10:27 AM

Ukraine

Ukraine's President Dissolves Parliament, Calls for New Elections

Will be held on October 26

Reason Staff | 8.25.2014 4:25 PM

Politics

Ukraine Says Tanks Crossing Border as New Front Opens, Braces for More 'Aid'

Zenon Evans | 8.25.2014 10:55 AM

World

Lithuanian Representative Reported Killed by Separatists in Ukraine

Nastier by the day

Reason Staff | 8.22.2014 2:05 PM

World

NATO: Russian Military Firing at Ukrainian Forces

Sigh...

Reason Staff | 8.22.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

If This Isn't a Russian Invasion of Ukraine, What Is It?

Zenon Evans | 8.22.2014 11:35 AM

Culture

Soviet War Monument in Bulgaria Gets a Splash of Color

Anthony Fisher | 8.21.2014 3:30 PM

War

Paul Krugman Mostly Right on War and Authoritarian Adventurism

Ronald Bailey | 8.18.2014 3:21 PM

Politics

Ukraine: Rebels Say Backup Coming from Russia, Deny Bombing Refugees

Zenon Evans | 8.18.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Claim: Russian Military Column Crossed Border, Ukraine Destroyed It

Zenon Evans | 8.15.2014 11:50 AM

Ukraine

Reports of Shooting War at Ukrainian-Russian Border

Other side of the world

Reason Staff | 8.15.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Russian Libertarians Aren't Drinking Putin's Borscht

Zenon Evans | 8.14.2014 11:50 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Cops vs. Ferguson Residents, Hillary vs. Obama, Russia vs. Ukraine, Bloomberg vs. the NRA, Kentucky LP Candidate vs. Mitch McConnell, and the President vs. his Lobbyist Promise

Matt Welch | 8.12.2014 8:05 PM

Politics

NATO: 'High Probability' Russia Will Invade Ukraine

Reason Staff | 8.11.2014 11:17 AM

Politics

Russia Lets Edward Snowden Stay for Another Three Years

Reason Staff | 8.7.2014 12:27 PM

Russia

Find Mama's Borscht Recipe: Russia to Ban Food Imports from US, EU

Tit continues to meet Tat.

Reason Staff | 8.6.2014 4:25 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Israel/Hamas, Obamacare, Ukraine, Ebola, Skateboard Ban, Immigration Hysteria, Ex-Im Corporatism, More Enemies of Freedom, and Scatterbrained Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 8.5.2014 7:57 PM

World

Putinism's Final Crisis?

There are many signs that Putin's billionaire pals are already chafing at the costs of his adventurism.

Cathy Young | 8.5.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama Goes on a Brief, Factually Inaccurate Rant About Russia

Zenon Evans | 8.4.2014 12:35 PM

Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden's Asylum About to Expire

Waiting for news of possible extension

Reason Staff | 7.31.2014 4:55 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: New Wikileaks Bombshell, EU vs. Russia, Palestinians vs. Hamas, NoKo vs. the World, D.C.'s 'Hottest,' Weak-ass Dinosaurs, Sultry After-Show, and More!

Matt Welch | 7.29.2014 8:18 PM

Politics

'An Even Bigger Bite': Obama Announces New Sanctions on Russia

Zenon Evans | 7.29.2014 5:20 PM

World

US Joins EU With Expanded Sanctions Against Russia

That'll learn 'em

Reason Staff | 7.29.2014 3:57 PM

Russia

U.S. Accuses Russia of Violating Nuclear Arms Treaty

Who saw that coming?

Reason Staff | 7.29.2014 12:23 AM

Russia

More Sanctions for Russia Because the Other Sanctions Didn't Work

Foreign policy in a nutshell.

Reason Staff | 7.28.2014 4:18 PM

Russia

David Duchovny Has to Explain He's Not Pro-Putin Just Because He Made a Russian Beer Commercial

Ed Krayewski | 7.28.2014 3:21 PM

Politics

U.S. Claims Satellite Images Show Russia Fired Artillery Into Ukraine

Zenon Evans | 7.28.2014 11:56 AM

World

(Un)Shockingly, Russian Troops Really Are Shooting Into Ukraine

Subtlety is not their thing

Reason Staff | 7.27.2014 10:37 PM

Russia

Hillary Clinton Asked Why Russia 'Reset' Didn't Work, Blames Putin, Distances Herself From Failure

Ed Krayewski | 7.25.2014 8:24 PM

Russia

Russia Accuses U.S. of Smear Campaign

Says it rejects "unfounded public insinuations."

Reason Staff | 7.25.2014 4:45 PM

Politics

How Effective Are U.S. Sanctions on Russia? 'Peanuts,' Says Russia

Zenon Evans | 7.24.2014 3:40 PM

World

Two Military Jets Shot From Sky—Ukraine Points Finger at Russia

This doesn't end well.

Reason Staff | 7.23.2014 7:13 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday With Ron Paul, Peter Suderman, Maggie McNeill and More, Talking About War, Obamacare, the V.A., Prostitution, and Pot

Matt Welch | 7.23.2014 6:17 PM

Politics

Ukraine: Pentagon Sending Advisers, 2 More Jets Shot Down, Red Cross Thinks MH-17 Attack Is War Crime

Zenon Evans | 7.23.2014 1:20 PM

Ukraine

Ukraine Opens Criminal Case Against Russian Official for Organizing Militias

Could implicate Russian government in Malaysian Airline downing

Reason Staff | 7.22.2014 2:02 PM

Politics

Life and Death of a Russian Freedom Fighter

There is a certain symbolism in the fact that Valeria Novodvorskaya died just as the Putin regime was being fully exposed as the gangster state that she had always said it was.

Cathy Young | 7.22.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: MH-17, Israel-Hamas, Immigration Kids, Ending the Fed, Cigarette Chokeholds, Net Roots Comedy, Nanny-State Shopping Carts, John Bolton, Aftershow and More!

Matt Welch | 7.21.2014 8:21 PM

Politics

Biden to Putin: 'I Don't Think You Have a Soul'

Zenon Evans | 7.21.2014 6:40 PM

World

'We're Lying': RT Reporter Resigns Over Malaysia Airline Coverage

Zenon Evans | 7.18.2014 1:05 PM

Ukraine

WATCH LIVE: U.N. Security Council Meets Over Ukraine

Ed Krayewski | 7.18.2014 11:00 AM