The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The lower house of Russia's parliament has voted unanimously to formally pull out of a Cold War-era security deal more than eight years after Moscow halted its participation

The head of the shadowy Wagner Group of mercenary fighters allegedly offered to reveal Russian military positions to Ukraine in exchange for Kyiv withdrawing its troops from the city of Bakhmut.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was reminiscent of wars long past, where a country invades another with little provocation.

The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009 and aims to strengthen economic ties between Russia and Muslim countries. In the wake of a rupture between Russia and the West, these ties are now part of a shifting…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to hand over the historic 15th-century Trinity icon from a museum to the Russian Orthodox Church because of its importance to believers, the Kremlin's spokesman said on Tuesday.The Church, whose conservatism Putin has espoused as part of his vision for Russia's national identity, is…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy had agreed to meet a group of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict.

Political destabilisation could lead to armed conflict within Russia itself, say Alexander Clarkson and Kirill Shamiev

Moscow is enraged by the British supply of missiles but Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said it would “not affect” the course of the war "but will lead to retaliatory actions by the Russian Federation”

The western response has been blighted by stupidity, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Visit to Moscow follows US allegations that weapons were loaded on to a Russian ship in Cape Town in December.

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