The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

South Korea, infuriated by Kim-Putin pact, considers arming Ukraine; Zelenskiy orders beefing up of power grid and its defences. What we know on day 849

Putin's visit to Vietnam strengthens strategic partnership amid global geopolitical shifts and Western sanctions.

Editorial: The revival of ties between Russia and North Korea is prompted by events outside Asia, but the best hopes of containment may lie within the region

Twenty political analysts are on trial in absentia in Belarus, accused of trying to overthrow the 30-year regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Hotfoot from signing a security pact with North Korea on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin has popped up in Vietnam, another of the few remaining countries where the Russian president is still welcome (or doesn’t face arrest under the war crimes warrant issued by the International Criminal Court last year). Here he…

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte will replace Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg in October who has run Nato since 2014

Ksenia Karelina faces a prison sentence of 12 years to life in Russia if she is convicted of treason charges

Explore mutual defense pacts between Russia-North Korea and US-allied nations, serving as deterrence against aggression.

Battles continue in Kharkiv as President Putin signs a strategic agreement with North Korea.

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday clinched the race to become the next head of NATO at a pivotal time for the alliance, after sole challenger Romanian President Klaus Iohannis pulled out.

EU ambassadors agree on powerful sanctions against Russia in response to Ukraine invasion, targeting key technologies and energy revenues.