Russia's legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Winter temperatures in Russia have risen by an average of 3 degrees Celsius over the past half-century, a leading climate ...

A writer and his daughter wander the ancient city at night, inspired by Joseph Brodsky, the Russian writer who loved ... of tourists is in the heart of winter, at night. Image The colonnade ...

but excess winter mortality is also observed in places with mild winters. (Seeing off the Dead, 1865—oil on canvas. By Vasili Grigorevich Perov, at the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.) ...

Finger-pointing has erupted in Ukraine over how nuclear facilities were left exposed to Russian bombardment this winter, putting the country on the cusp of a devastating blackout. Under the spotlight ...

as well as Russian soldiers purportedly in Ukraine’s Kherson region immersing themselves in water. However, unusually warm winter temperatures prompted local emergency services in some regions ...

The Winter War, echoes similarities to Russia's current war in Ukraine but Helsinki has warned against Ukraine agreeing to a "Finlandization" deal to end the fighting. More Sean Gallup/Getty ...

Before the 2014 Olympics in Sochi — the most recent Winter Games in which the NHL allowed its players to participate — Ovechkin was the first Russian to carry the Olympic flame as it made its ...