The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia is preparing to send more Chechen fighters and convicts to Ukraine to fill holes left by Wagner mercenaries that were pulled from the battlefield, European intelligence officials believe.

The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia…

President also told leaders from China, Pakistan and India that Russia would stand up to western sanctions

This year’s SCO summit marks the first international appearance by the Russian president since Wagner’s mutiny attempt.

Russians ‘responded as a united front against an attempted armed mutiny’

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Tayside and Strathearn Help for Ukraine (T&SH4UKRAINE), based at Errol Airfield, bought the unit at auction for £8000, which was previously used by NHS Tayside

India’s prime minister on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at rival neighbor Pakistan and avoided mentioning the war in Ukraine while addressing a group of Asian countries led by China and Russia

Hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on July 4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the food, fuel, fertiliser crisis is a big challenge for all countries in the world…