Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy. Tensions quickly escalated; every attempt to negotiate failed. SOKHOLOV: The Russian army starts to concentrate ...

The French Invasion of Russia in 1812 was a military campaign led by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Grande Armée against the Russian Empire. It was a major part of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Army ...

Napoleon Bonaparte launched the most audacious campaign of his career. With the most enormous army ever assembled in Europe, he made the fateful decision to invade Russia. With an army of over 600,000 ...

Vladimir Putin has spoken to Azerbaijan's president about the plane crash and apologised as the "tragic incident" took place in Russian airspace ... banned from entering the country in response ...