The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Foreign secretary brands Assad a ‘monster’ as the horrors of dictator’s prisons emerge after regime collapses

Here are the key developments on the 1,019th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Georgian police said on Saturday they arrested dozens of people during a crackdown on pro-EU protesters who rallied Friday for a ninth consecutive day against the government decision to shelve talks on joining the bloc.

Russia's disinformation campaign aims to undermine U.S. support for Ukraine and influence global events.

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Russia has had similar troughs in its demographics during World War II and after the fall of the Soviet Union—but things are different this time.

The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for a decade, but the situation has worsened in the past year

The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for years, but the situation has worsened since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine

With the war nearly three years old and the Russian economy under severe pressure after a collapse of the ruble and rising inflation, the Kremlin needs to show domestic audiences that it remains strong. Recent rhetoric from the Kremlin and from proxies for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has focused…