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From rolling blackouts to taking some industries offline, here are the worst-case scenarios governments are trying to avoid this winter.

Ukraine appears poised to deliver another crucial blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war effort with a counteroffensive to take back Kherson, which was the first major Ukrainian city seized by Russia after its invasion in February. Ukraine has blacked out all media on its operations around the southern city this week, as it did…

As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who cant afford to heat their ovens are talking about giving up, while fruit and vegetable growers face letting greenhouses stand idle.

With costs high and energy supplies tight, Europe is rolling out relief programmes and plans to shake up electricity and natural gas markets

Direct descendants of the Soviet Union's Gulag system, Russian penal colonies are prison labor camps notorious for human rights abuses and corruption.

When Prime Minister Victor Orban recently spelled out his vision of Hungary's frontiers, he joined a club of expansionist leaders

From the blog of James M. Dorsey at The Times of Israel

Brittney Griners trial is over. As for whats next? The answer is that after any appeal she will probably be taken to a Russian penal colony.

When WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia in February for possession of marijuana vape cartridges, everyone sat up and paid attention. Maybe it was that she was famous. Maybe it was how the 6-foot-9 Griner towers over the guards she is shown alongside. It most likely was how

While Europe scorches in the heatwave, some of its leaders are securing new gas suppliers to try to ensure the heating stays on this