A criminal gang in Russia been accused of stealing recruitment payments for homeless people they forced to sign on to fight in the war in Ukraine. The scam in the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions ...

Some do it for the money; others for the motherland. Still others because they “just don’t have anything else to do.” Whatever their motivation, an unknown number of Siberia’s homeless have signed ...

The mayor of the Russian city of Yakutsk in Siberia, Yevgeny Grigoryev, has suggested sending homeless members of society to labor camps to prevent them from "corrupting people." "Homeless people are ...

In Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, authorities have launched a campaign to recruit homeless people, those with addictions, and pensioners for the war against Ukraine. The ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, condemned Russia for rejecting a holiday ceasefire in Ukraine. He also highlighted ...

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Mikhail might not seem to have a lot going for him -- he's living rough in St Petersburg and facing another harsh winter in a rich city where most are oblivious to ...

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Most weeks, Roman Redman does a few extra hours in the kitchens of his ribs and burger joint in Saint Petersburg to cook for a less hipster clientele: the city's poor and ...

MOSCOW -- "Don't sleep, you'll freeze," Russians often say in a metaphoric admonishment against complacency. For people living on the street during the long, icy winter, the warning should be taken ...

KIEV, Ukraine - Russia and Ukraine both took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets ...