A simmering battle for influence within Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has led to the abrupt ouster of a top official responsible for protecting the nation’s finances. Sergei Alpatov, head of the Federal Security Service’s Economic Security Service,

In rare public remarks, Jonathan Powell said now was not the time for European nations to take their "foot off the gas".

The war has become a ruinous contest of drone and missile attacks that, while devastating to Ukraine, are inflicting visible damage on Russia too. But Mr Putin shows no sign of backing off. The worry is that he may try to escape from what Russians call a tupik (dead-end) as he has in the past: by finding some new way to escalate the conflict.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, plan to visit Kyiv next, in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

FACING a string of crises at home and a stalemate on the front line, Vladimir Putin is scrambling his allies to sustain his war machine in Ukraine. As China and North Korea bolster the Russian

The U.S. envoys are expected to meet the Russian and Ukrainian presidents in turn. The effort comes as negotiations have stalled with little sign of a path to peace.

Embracing positions extolled by the Kremlin, the Alternative for Germany party may govern for the first time in a German state.

VLADIMIR Putin has just two years left of fighting, Ukraine’s spy chief has declared – as the UK taunts Russia over its 1.5 million casualties. The Kremlin tyrant’s war machine

Vladimir Putin’s shriveled hand at a public event in Russia has prompted a fresh wave of speculation about the dictator’s health. Footage of the Russian president captured at a conference last week shows the 73-year-old despot’s right hand looking ...

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that events in Europe, including the far-right victory in a German state election, were the result of "system errors" committed by globalists in the West.