The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

The Russian president has always shown us exactly who he is. So why did it take the invasion of Ukraine for us to believe him?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a "firm global response" Friday after a missile strike killed 52 people at a train station in eastern Ukraine where civilians had gathered to flee a feared Russian offensive. "This is another Russian war crime for which everyone involved will be held accountable," Zelensky…

European Union countries on Thursday approved a ban on Russian coal imports from August as part of new measures against Moscow, but are split over whether oil or gas sanctions should follow. The coal embargo is the EU's first energy sanction against Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.

KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of civilians were killed in a Russian missile strike on a crowded train station Friday, Ukrainian officials said, while also warning that they expect to uncover more evidence of gruesome war crimes in parts of the country previously controlled by Russian troops.

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

In the first criminal proceeding against a Russian oligarch since the start of the Ukraine invasion, US prosecutors have charged Konstantin Malofeyev, an arch-conservative with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, for sanctions violations. The Kremlin crony’s business interests, from Greece to Africa to annexed Crimea, reveal the scope…

Central bank makes surprise cut to interest rates as inflation soars under pressure from war sanctions

It took eight days for nine-month-old French bulldog Barney to travel from Moscow to Madrid, as his Ukrainian owners, Hanna Kolesova, 27, and boyfriend Nikita Nikitin, 29, desperately fled conflict

Russia has declared 45 Polish embassy and consulate staff "persona non grata" in retaliation for Warsaw's expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats from Poland, Moscow's foreign ministry said on Friday.