Russia’s conquest of Siberia was not a slow drift eastward — it was a hard, relentless campaign led by Cossack fighters armed with firearms the locals had never seen. Over a few decades, they crushed ...

The contrast couldn't have been greater: the protest band Pussy Riot in colorful ski masks and mini dresses, attempting to film a segment for a new video on Sochi's waterfront; and Cossacks in ...