The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Foreign minister says Kyiv intends to conduct a diplomatic ‘counteroffensive’ against Russia’s efforts to woo Africa.

South Africa's hosting of a BRICS summit next week has turned a spotlight on ties between Pretoria and the Kremlin that are cosy and, for some, a puzzle.

As Kyiv’s counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied territories slowly advances in Ukraine’s east, the drone war continues to escalate. Beyond the symbolic value of high-profile strikes against targets in Moscow, deep in the Russian heartland, and Novorossiysk, a key Russian port and export hub on the eastern shores of the Black…

Russian drones pounded grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube River as a loaded container ship set sail along a temporary shipping corridor established by Ukraine. Earlier, Kyiv said its forces had entrenched themselves on the outskirts of Urozhaine after recapturing the settlement in the eastern Donetsk region from…

Stian Jenssen, chief of staff to Nato’s secretary general, backtracks on his suggestion Kyiv could give up land for membership

Three killed in Russian strikes on Volyn; Russia raises interest rates to 12%

Moscow has turned to riskier methods of espionage after expulsion of spies it had placed under diplomatic cover in Europe

Xi Jinping does not want Russia to be overly powerful in order to confront China, but he also does not want Moscow to lose.

Ukraine seeks to bolster its defences as Russia aims strikes in cities