When Russians look back at 2025, they might remember it as the year when the government took even tighter control of the internet.

The Trump administration and Russian officials have secretly been hashing out a revised plan to end Moscow’s 45-month-old invasion of Ukraine.

One of former South African President Jacob Zuma’s daughters resigned as a national lawmaker following a report that she had recruited young men to serve in Russian forces in its war against Ukraine.

The Associated Press After two years of robust growth fueled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the budget deficit is up and defense spending has leveled off.

Speaking to Reuters from outside the country , Glukhovsky talked about the collision between dystopian fiction and reality, how it feels to gradually lose touch with your homeland, and why he revisits Moscow in his dreams. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.