The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

A Ukrainian official has invited Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to visit Ukraine to understand the real causes of the country’s war with Russia, after the Brazilian president made remarks that suggested the war was not solely caused by Russian aggression. 

Footage shows a scar-like mark running diagonally across Vladimir Putin's throat as the Kremlin leader attended an Orthodox Easter cathedral service in Moscow, Russia, last weekend

Nasa denies bolt of light was caused by one of its satellites

Diplomats from the Group of Seven nations have taken a firm stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan, and on North Korea's tests of long-range missiles.

Fire broke out at ‘recreational’ site after two drones get past defences, say local officials

Senior Russian officials privately raised concerns some 10 months ago about the risks of becoming too dependent on Chinese technologies after sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union shut off access to alternative suppliers.

The U.S. and its NATO allies must remain alert for signs Russian President Vladimir Putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon in a "managed" escalation of his war in Ukraine, the second-highest U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited command posts of the Kremlin’s forces fighting in Ukraine, officials said Tuesday, as the war approaches its 14th month and Kyiv readies a possible counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons. A video released by the Kremlin and broadcast by Russian state television showed Putin arriving by helicopter…

Alexei Navalny received a knee blow to the groin after refusing to enter his cell when an unwashed homeless man was put there by prison warders, his lawyer said

Russian president Vladimir Putin sent two nuclear bombers nicknamed 'Bears' over the Bering and Okhotsk seas as tensions with the West continue over the war in Ukraine

Western officials admitted Kyiv would come under pressure over the timing of its long-awaited offensive - but insisted the regime must be left in charge of deciding when the time is right