The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

A court in Moscow has given a 7-year prison sentence to a poet for reciting verses against Russia’s war in Ukraine

As the war enters its 674th day, these are the main developments.

Belarus' authoritarian president attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over such deportations.

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, currently serving a 19-year prison sentence, has been transferred to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle. The IK-3 penal colony, located in Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets region about 1,900 km (1200 miles) northeast of Moscow, is considered to be one of the…

Belarus' authoritarian leader has attended a meeting with children from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over his country's involvement in Moscow’s deportation of Ukrainian children

Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed at the house in 2022

A celebrity-studded "Almost Naked" party in Moscow's famed Mutabor nightclub has drawn outrage from Russia's political establishment, which has become increasingly po-faced since the assault on Ukraine.

A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for reading poems against the assault on Ukraine.

Ukraine president thanks US for final aid package under current US legislation

India-Russia relationship, rooted in defence collaborations, is increasingly facing strains amid concerns that Moscow’s pariah status may drive it closer to China

The opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner is facing decades in prison on charges his supporters and the international community have denounced as politically motivated, writes Kim Sengupta. With growing concerns over his health, The Independent calls on leaders around the globe to ramp up the pressure on Putin to release…