are located in the far south of Russia. These areas have very little precipitation and so few plants can grow here. This map shows the location of the different biomes across Russia. Simon ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Russia reportedly demanded full control over the four Ukrainian regions it said it had annexed. A map by Newsweek shows Vladimir Putin's proposed land grab. The Russian president claimed in ...