The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Port bears brunt of missile and drone onslaught, with grain and oil terminal, market and storage said to have been hit

Putin’s absence at the summit has been announced by the South African presidency, ending months of speculation.

Richard Moore’s invitation follows a similar call by the CIA and is certain to provoke anger at the Kremlin.

South Africa says Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS economic summit in Johannesburg next month

Rosatom at the Forum for Future Technologies in Moscow, Russia showcased what it says is a working, 16-qubit quantum computer based on trapped ions. It seems that Russia isn't as far behind the quantum times as some might have hoped.

Five weeks in, Ukraine’s much-vaunted counter-offensive appears to be stalling.

The man known as ‘C’ wanted potential Russian defecters to hear that they would be looked after and protected

Sir Richard Moore called on Russians to ‘join hands with us’, promising their secrets would be safe with MI6.

With the costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine already exceeding $500 billion, some Western governments are pushing to use frozen Russian assets to pay for an eventual reconstruction. The moral case for holding Putin accountable is clear. Unilaterally diverting Russian assets to Ukraine at this stage, however, would create…

Russia again attacks Ukrainian port of Odesa after pulling out of grain deal; fire reported at military base in Crimea

Advisers also told Blair in early 2000s that Kyiv thought Britain was not doing enough to support its push for EU membership