The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

‘Financial fixers’ alleged to have helped Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov to hide assets are among those targeted

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a move to bring in electronic draft papers for the first time in Russia's history was needed to sort out what it called "a mess" at military recruitment offices.

MINNEAPOLIS — One wintry day, a new Russian immigrant named Artem came to the Minnesota State Capitol to protest the war in Ukraine. Then a police siren sounded afar, and he grew fearful.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian "beasts" after a video surfaced on social media purporting to show the decapitation of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The grisly footage, which prompted outrage and condemnation from UN and EU officials, came as Washington reaffirmed its confidence in Ukraine's military "capability"…

The gaping holes that Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden poked into what America assumed were secure, firewalled troves of classified data taught Washington a sobering lesson about the importance of keeping secrets leakproof.

WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT: The hideous clip shows a small unit of Russian soldiers working each other up to "cut off" a defenceless Ukrainian prisoner of war's head by "breaking the spine"

Vladimir Putin’s army has built complex defences in southern Ukraine which could prove “formidable obstacles” if they are properly manned and supported by artillery, British defence chiefs said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a 'new intercontinental ballistic missile' in a test launch amid the country's ongoing war with Ukraine

Beijing has reservations about Putin’s war, but seeing Moscow take a beating is not in China’s interests.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is heading to China to strengthen ties with his nation’s biggest trade partner and win support for his long shot push for peace in Ukraine

The fallout from French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China rippled across the seas on Tuesday as Chinese warships continued to operate near Taiwan, a day after military drills officially ended. Across the Atlantic, Macron’s remarks on Europe risking entanglement in "crises that aren't ours" in relation to Taiwan sparked…