The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Can you still send strong messages when you've rolled out the red carpet and chilled the champagne for a state dinner? China's Xi Jinping is being feted in the French capital for his first visit to Europe since 2019, despite trade tensions, spy scandals and insistence that he isolate Vladimir…

France sends envoy to Putin's inauguration while Germany boycotts, reflecting diplomatic intricacies in strained Russia-West relations.

Learn about Russia's first public drills involving tactical nuclear weapons and their role in political messaging.

Russia conducts military drills with tactical nuclear weapons in response to Western threats post Ukraine invasion.

Vladimir Putin responds to recent statements from David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron over Ukraine war

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered new nuclear weapons drills in the face of Western "threats," as a Ukrainian drone attack killed six people and wounded over 30 in Russia's Belgorod border region.

British ambassador is summoned and told that installations and equipment in Ukraine and elsewhere could be targeted

Chinese president wants to repair ties with a sceptical Western Europe but faces questions over his Ukraine war stance.

Surveys predict Europe's far right will surge in EU elections next month, giving it more influence in Brussels politics even if mainstream players will still have greater weight.

Russian dissident historian Tamara Eidelman was on vacation in Greece when Moscow's tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022 and she realized that she would not be going back to her home country.

Russia has added Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to its list of wanted criminals, a move Kyiv dismissed as a sign of Moscow's "desperation".