President Vladimir Putin

Risk of nuclear escalation has hung over since Russia sent troops into its neighbour in Feb 2022

Russian President Putin meets Saudi Crown Prince, discussing oil, Gaza, and Ukraine amid falling oil prices

Putin visits China, defying ICC warrant amid Ukraine war, showcasing partnership at Belt and Road forum

Russian president will speak on Red Square before parade of troops, tanks, rockets and ballistic missiles

Biden promised a new era of US foreign policy in his first diplomatic address as president, on Thursday

Putin’s approval rating, though still high at 59%

Putin postponed the original vote, which had been set for April 22, because of the coronavirus outbreak

Earlier this week, the Kremlin’s veteran spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said he had also fallen ill with the coronavirus

More than half of all cases and deaths are in Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the nationwide lockdown to remain in place until May 11

Mishustin suggested First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov should serve as acting prime minister in his absence

One would not have expected such massive violence in Delhi during President Trump’s visit

Ukrainian President Zelensky instructs attorney general to form special investigative commission to probe deadly crash

Moscow accuses the US of encouraging people to attend protests

Overly amicable talks between Trump, Putin in Vietnam risked being an awkward sell for White House

His trip comes days after Putin said the US would have to cut 755 diplomatic staff in Russia

Signs the bill but criticises it for having "clearly unconstitutional" elements

National Security Agency was allegedly leaked by a private contractor just over a month

The show revolves around the Machiavellian scheming of a fictional president

Putin confirms readiness to continue active joint work to further develop the Russian-Iranian cooperation partnership

More than 2,000 people gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of anti-government demos that erupted into violence

The aim is to "provide the conditions for the safe, voluntary return of refugees", the document said

"A solution in Syria can be only found by peaceful means", said Russian President

FM Muallem also said on Friday that Syria’s armed forces 'did not and will not' use chemical weapons

Posts on Facebook linked the latest protest to a little-known nationalist group

Russian North Caucasus has been one of the major sources of foreign militants fighting in Syria and Iraq

The far-right leader has visited Moscow on several occasions, enjoying positive Russian state media coverage

Russia's National Guard is a new branch of internal troops aimed at defending borders and countering militants

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Merkel and Putin would discuss the situation in Ukraine during their meeting

Security Council will vote later on Tuesday to ban the supply of helicopters to the Syrian government

President has vowed to retaliate against Moscow over the cyber-meddling

Putin's goals in the alleged hacking began as revenge against Clinton

India was Soviet Union's closest military ally during the Cold War and a major importer of its military hardware

The TurkStream pipeline is planned to pump 31.5 billion cubic metres per year of Russian gas to Europe